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OF  THE 

A  RMY  OF  THE  PoTOMAC. 


RECORD  OF  PROCEEDINGS 


AT  THE 

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FIRST  ANNUAL  RE-UNION, 

HELD  IN  THE 

CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 


July  5th  and  6th,  1869. 


New  York  : 

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GENERAL  ENGRAVERS  AND  PRINTERS, 


No-  64  Cedar  Street, 


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PROCEEDINGS 


OP  THE 

FIRST  ANNUAL  EE-TJNION 


OF  THE 


Held  in  the  City  of  New  York ,  on  the  fifth  and  sixth  days  of  July ,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-nine. 


Pursuant  to  tire  decision  and  call  of  the  Convention,  or  prelimin¬ 
ary  meeting  of  officers  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  held  at  New 
York,  the  22d  day  of  February,  1869,  the  Society  projected  by 
such  preliminary  meeting,  convened  as  above. 

Prior  to  assembling  for  the  business  meeting,  the  officers  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac  received  at  9  o’clock  in  the  morning  of  the 
5th  of  July,  at  Madison  Square,  a  complimentary  review  of  the  First 
Division  of  the  National  Guard,  of  the  State  of  New  York,  under  the 
command  of  Major  General  Alexander  Shaler,  formerly  of  the  Sixth 
Army  Corps. 

A  large  tribune  and  stand,  were  erected,  near  the  monument  to 
Major  General  Worth,  which  were  tastefully  decorated  with  a  pro¬ 
fusion  of  the  national  colors.  Lieutenant  General  Sheridan,  and 
Major  General  Meade,  took  places  in  the  tribune,  while  the  stand, 
and  a  very  considerable  space  about  it,  were  occupied  by  a  numer¬ 
ous  and  brilliant  assemblage  of  well  known  corps  commanders, 
generals  of  division  and  brigade,  and  staff,  field,  and  line  officers, 
of  the  old  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

In  the  ranks  of  the  First  Division,  National  Guard,  were  borne 
many  colors,  that  had  been  present  on  famous  fields  of.  the  war,  and 
a  considerable  proportion  of  officers  and  men  in  the  battalions,  re¬ 
cognized  in  and  about  the  stand  the  forms  and  features  of  com¬ 
rades  and  commanders,  familiar  to  them  from  association,  with  the 
same  battle  scenes ;  so  that  on  the  one  part  and  on  the  other, 


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Re-Union  of  the  Society  of 


memory  and  affection,  alike  prompted  an  enthusiastic  recognition 
of  the  felicitous  compliment,  by  which  the  existence  of  the  Society 
was  inaugurated,  and  which  was  fully  sustained  by  the  soldierly 
bearing  of  the  troops. 


At  11  o’clock  A.  M.,  the  convention  met  at  Steinway  Hall,  Army 
and  Corps  Commanders,  and  officers  of  the  general  staff  having 
places  upon  the  platform,  which  was  tastefully  ornamented,  and 
behind  which  was  displayed,  a  large  and  effective  oil  painting  of 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  generously  tendered  by  Col.  John  B. 
Batchelder. 

Major  General  George  B.  McClellan  occupied  the  chair,  and 
called  the  meeting  to  order  with  a  few  introductory  remarks,  after 
which  Major  Charles  E.  Pease,  Secretary  of  the  joint  Committee, 
appointed  at  the  preliminary  meeting,  read  the  minutes  of  that 
meeting,  which  were  approved. 

The  Chairman  announced  that  the  joint  committee  recommended 
the  following  consideration  of  business,  until  otherwise  ordered. 

1st.  Beport  of  the  Committee,  appointed  to  draft  a  Constitution 
and  By-Laws 

2d.  A  recess,  to  allow  of  the  registry  of  names. 

3d.  The  election  of  Officers. 

4th.  The  following  resolution. 

Resolved. — That  no  member  of  this  Society,  shall  speak  more  than 
once  on  any  question  before  the  Society,  and  no  longer  than 
five  minutes,  without  the  consent  of  the  Society. 

On  motion  the  foregoing  resolution  was  first  considered,  and  after 
debate,  several  amendments  extending  the  time  having  been  re* 
jected,  the  same  was  adopted  on  a  division. 

Some  confusion  having  arisen  during  the  discussion  of  the  reso¬ 
lution,  concerning  the  priority  of  motions  relating  thereto,  it  was  on 
motion  of  General  John  Cochrane, 

Resolved. — That  until  further  provision  be  made,  the  Pules  of  the 
House  of  Bepresentatives  govern  the  deliberations  of  the  Society. 


The  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


Major  General  Heintzelman,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  ap¬ 
pointed  at  the  preliminary  meeting,  then  reported  the  Constitution 
and  By-Laws  proposed  by  the  Committee,  and  the  same  were  con¬ 
sidered,  section  by  section,  in  their  order ;  only  two  giving  rise  to 
discussion. 

The  clause  providing  that  nominations  should  be  made  without 
debate,  met  with  some  opposition,  but  was  finally  adopted.  Pending 
its  consideration,  General  Cochrane  moved  to  amend  the  Constitu¬ 
tion,  by  providing  that  the  Presidents  of  the  Association,  for  the  first 
four  years,  should  be  the  Generals  who  had  commanded  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  in  the  order  of  the  priority  of  their  command,  viz : 
Major  Generals  McClellan,  Burnside,  Hooker  and  Meade. 

This  proposition  having  been  opposed  by  Lieutenant  General 
Sheridan,  and  Major  General  Burnside,  was  negatived. 

The  clause  providing  for  the  initiation  fee  and  annual  dues,  also 
gave  rise  to  debate  The  Committee  had  proposed  the  sum  of  ten 
dollars  for  the  initiation  fee,  and  five  dollars  for  the  annual  dues, 
Gen'l  Butterfield,  on  the  part  of  the  Committee,  explaining,  that 
considerable  difference  having  existed  in  the  Committee,  as  to  the 
proper  sums  to  be  fixed,  it  was  concluded  to  report  the  largest 
amounts  named,  without  special  recommendation,  for  the  action  of 
the  Society. 

Various  sums  were  proposed,  and  a  motion  to  make  the  annual 
dues  one  dollar  was  negatived,  and  many  officers  took  part  in  the 
debate,  which  was  terminated  by  a  proposition  from  General  Burn¬ 
side  to  amend,  by  making  the  initiation  fee  three  dollars,  with  a 
payment  of  a  like  sum  annually  thereafter.  This  was  adopted,  and 
the  clause  was  so  amended. 

The  By-Laws  were  also  amended,  so  as  to  require  bonds  from  the 
Treasurer,  to  the  amount  of  $10,000;  and  the  words  “enlisted 
man,”  were  substituted  for  the  word  “  Soldier.” 

No  objections  being  offered  to  other  parts  of  the  Constitution 
and  By-Laws,  they  were  formally  adopted  as  amended,  and  or¬ 
dered  to  be  engrossed. 

On  the  motion  of  General  Shaler,  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  Messrs. 
Steinway  for  the  use  of  their  hall,  which  had  been  placed  at 
the  disposal  of  the  Society  without  charge,  was  adopted. 


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Re-Union  of  the  Society  of 


On  motion  of  General  Meade,  it  was 

Resolved. — That  the  thanks  of  this  Society  be  extended  to  Major 
Gen.  Shaler,  commanding  the  First  Division  of  the  National  Guard, 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command, 
for  the  very  handsome  review,  with  which  they  complimented  us; 
and  that  we  congratulate  them,  upon  the  evidences  of  discipline  and 
drill,  exhibited  by  them  upon  that  occasion. 

A  cordial  message  having  been  received  from  Mr.  Theodore  Thom¬ 
as,  inviting  the  members  to  be  present  at  his  concert  in  the  evening, 
the  same  was  communicated  to  the  Society,  and  received  with 
thanks,  after  which  the  meeting  took  a  recess  until  4  o’clock  P.  M. 
in  order  to  give  the  members  an  opportunity  to  register  their  names 
and  pay  the  dues,  prior  to  the  election  of  officers. 

After  the  recess,  General  McClellan  called  the  society  to  order 
and  on  his  invitation,  General  Burnside  took  the  Chair 

The  election  of  permanent  officers  being  in  order,  it  was  decided 
that  the  names  of  those  registered  as  having  paid  the  initiation  fee 
should  be  called,  and  that  thereupon  each  member  should  deposit 
his  vote. 

The  Chair  having  called  for  nominations,  for  the  office  of  Presi¬ 
dent,  amid  great  applause,  Major  General  McClellan,  Major  General 
Meade,  and  Lieutenant  General  Sheridan,  were  named,  the  latter 
desiring  not  to  be  considered  a  candidate,  as  he  had  himself 
nominated  General  Meade. 

Major  Generals  Hancock,  Hooker,  Pleasonton  and  Slocum,  were 
also  put  in  nomination,  but  their  names  were  withdrawn,  and  the 
Chair  appointed  as  tellers,  Generals  Franklin,  McQuade,  Owens 
and  Greene. 

The  count  having  been  taken  the  following  was  the  result. 

Whole  number  of  votes  cast  419,  of  which, 

General  McClellan  received  164 


General  Sheridan  “  142 

General  Meade  “  111 

General  Humphreys  “  1 

General  Burnside  “  1 


Pending  the  canvass  of  the  voles,  the  Society  passed,  with  much 


The  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


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enthusiasm,  the  following : 

Resolved. — That  the  Officers  and  Members  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  this  day  assembled,  desire  to  express  their  sympathy  with 
the  patriot  Cubans  in  their  struggle  for  liberty. 

No  candidate  having  a  majority,  a  second  ballot  was  taken,  the 
members  passing  by  the  tellers,  and  depositing  their  votes,  without 
a  call  of  the  roll,  when  the  following  was  the  result : 

Whole  number  of  votes  cast  392,  of  which 

Lieutenant  General  Sheridan  received  204 
General  McClellan  “  152 

General  Meade  “  34 

Scattering  “  2 

Lieutenant  General  Sheridan,  having  received  a  majority  of  the 
whole  number  of  votes  cast,  was  conducted  to  the  chair  amid  general 
acclamations,  and  accepted  the  office  of  President  of  the  Society,  in  a 
brief  speech. 

The  several  Corps  then  announced  as  their  choice  for  Vice-Pres¬ 
idents,  the  following  names,  respectively  : 

The  First  Corps . General  Newton, 


It 

Second 

it 

it 

Hancock, 

it 

Third 

n 

tt 

Heintzelman, 

tt 

Fourth 

a 

a 

Casey, 

t. 

Fifth 

tt 

cc 

Chamberlain, 

u 

Sixth 

it 

tt 

Wright, 

a 

Ninth 

tt 

tt 

Parke, 

tt 

Eleventh 

tt 

u 

Howard, 

a 

Twelfth 

a 

tl 

Slocum, 

a 

Cavalry 

it 

tt 

Pleasanton, 

a 

Artillery 

a 

a 

LIunt, 

tt 

Staff 

tt 

it 

Humphreys. 

General  Butterfield  now  drew  the  attention  of  the  Society  to  the 
fact,  that  the  hour  was  approaching  for  the  annual  address,  and  a 
resolution  having  been  adopted,  requesting  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  to  furnish  the  members  with  a  roll  of  the  Society,  and  the 
business  proceedings  having  been  adjourned  until  ten  o’clock,  A. 
M.  of  the  next  day,  a  recess  was  taken  until  half-past  seven  in  the 
evening. 


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Re-Union  of  the  Society  of 


THE  ORATION. 


At  the  hour  named  the  Society  re-convened  at  Steinway  Hall, 
being  honored  with  the  presence  of  many  ladies  and  gentlemen. 
Lieutenant  General  Sheridan  occupied  the  chair,  and  in  a  few  re¬ 
marks  introduced  to  his  comrades  and  their  guests,  His  Excellency* 
General  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain  of  Maine,  the  orator  of  the  day. 

With  admirable  tone  and  manner,  and  frequently  interrupted  by 
the  appreciating  and  enthusiastic  plaudits  of  a  brilliant  audience, 
General  Chamberlain  then  delivered  the  first  annual  oration  before 
the  Society,  as  follows  : 

Comrades:  You  bid  me  speak  for  you.  What  language  shall  I 
borrow  that  can  hold  the  meaning  of  this  hour  ?  How  translate 
into  mortal  tongue  the  power  and  glory  of  immortal  deeds?  Where 
can  I  find  a  strain  to  sound  these  depths  of  memory,  or  sweep  these 
heights  of  harmony?  Lather  would  I  stand  mute  before  the  maj¬ 
esty  of  this  presence,  while  all  the  scene  around — token  .and  talis¬ 
man — speaks  the  unfathomable,  unending  story.  Visions  troopifig 
on  me  in  solemn,  proud  procession  overcloud  the  present,  /tilj  it 
drifts  away  to  dream  and  shadow,  and  they  alone  are  the  living 
and  unchanged.  Emotions  struggling  up  through  the  dark  and 
bloody  years  choko  down  by  utterence.  No!  Lather  do  you  speak 
tome;  you,  who  return  my  greeting,  and  you,  unseen  and  si¬ 
lent  to  mortal  sense,  comrades  in  soul  to  night!  and  drown  my  fal¬ 
tering  word?  in  your  vast  accord. 

You  come  up  here  from  all  your  quiet  ways  and  useful  works, 
peaceful  of  mien  and  modest  of  guise,  unmarked  save  by  your  scars ; 


The  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


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men  whose  deeds  have  rung  through  the  world,  and  won  their  meed 
of  praise.  But  who  may  fancy  that  lie  knows  you,  that  saw  you 
not  in  the  times  that  tested  manhood,  and  on  the  fields  you  gave  to 
fame?  Who  that  looks  on  this  bright  spectacle  may  read  through 
your  calm  countenance  the  strength,  the  daring,  the  fortitude,  the 
agony,  that  wrought  the  character  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  ? 
Not  so  did  I  behold  you  when  worn  and  famished,  nights  and  days 
together  you  crowded  to  fields  of  death  as  to  a  festival ;  not  so,  when, 
amid  the  fiery  tempest  you  swelled  rank  upon  rank,  and  rolled  your 
heart’s  blood  billowing  upon  the  foe ;  not  so,  when  shattered  and 
mangled,  you  lay  upon  the  lines  which  told  where  the  tide  of  battle 
turned,  unmurmuring  at  the  cost ;  not  so  when  in  mid-winter  night, 
on  the  lonely  picket  watch,  where  no  eye  but  God’s  beheld,  rather 
than  give  place  to  unmanly  weakness  you  froze  stark  dead  upon 
your  post,  eyes  to  the  front!  Not  so,  when  hurled  with  desperate 
repetition  to  fruitless  assault,  without  the  hesitation  of  a  thought, 
with  the  all-conquering  spirit  of  discipline  and  devotion,  claiming 
only  for  yourselves  the  last  sad  offices  of  man’s  humility,  you  pinned 
to  your  breasts  your  simple  names,  with  hand  as  resolute  as  if  you 
were  writing  them  on  the  proudest  scroll  of  fame  ;  not  so  when 
having  done  all,  meek  in  triumph,  you  furled  your  banners  ensan¬ 
guined  with  a  nation’s  glory. 

But  comrades  I  venture  not  here  to  recount  your  history.  Viv¬ 
idly  as  your  presence  summons  it  before  me,  the  undertaking  were 
too  great.  Fraught  as  this  hour  is  with  memories,  not  of  facts  and 
scenes  merely,  but  of  motives  and  plans,  brilliant  conceptions,  and 
bold  essays,  freaks  of  folly,  fortune,  or  fate,  the  hour  is  not  yet,  nor 
even  near,  when  the  history  of  this  Army  can  be  adequately  or  im¬ 
partially  told.  Were  it  possible  for  us,  who  participated,  to  set  forth 
with  due  completeness,  and  due  candor,  all  the  elements  which  en¬ 
tered  into  our  stirring  and  eventful  history,  that  history  was  too 
eventful,  and  the  times  to  recent,  for  the  whole  truth  to  be  told 
without  reviving  bitter  feelings  and*  giving  rise  to  serious  disturb¬ 
ance  of  the  lights  and  shadows  under  which  at  present  the  picture 
of  our  great  deliverance  lies.  It  were  not  difficult,  were  one  so 
bold,  to  take  up  a  line  of  remark  that  would  marvellously  unveil 
the  mysteries,  and  dispel  a  great  portion  of  the  charges  of  fault  and 
failure  with  which,  as  yet,  in  the  esteem  of  many,  our  Army  stands 
accused.  Remembering,  however,  that  it  is  our  great  duty  now  to 
strengthen  the  bonds  of  peace,  and  nurture  the  growing  amenities 
of  a  common  citizenship,  it  is  most  prudent  to  refrain  from  enter¬ 
ing  into  these  details. 

Thoughts  and  feelings  like  these,  crowding  upon  each  other,  em¬ 
barrass  one  who,  at  such  a  time  as  this,  speaking  to  and  for  men 
who  have  made  immortal  history,  aspires  to  a  worthy  vindication 
of  their  merits,  and  yet  upon  whom  it  is  incumbent,  at  this  festive 
and  fraternal  reunion,  nor  to  stir  any  chord  which  could  mar  the 


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Be-  Union  of  the  Society  of 


harmony  of  this  occasion,  or  set  jarring  elements  in  motion  else¬ 
where.  It  would  be  an  affectation  of  meekness,  however,  to  which 
I  have  no  ambition  to  lay  claim,  if  for  any  reason,  here  or  elsewhere, 

I  should  fail,  knowing  the  solid  ground  on  which  we  stand,  to  de¬ 
clare  with  due  confidence,  what  Avas  the  character  and  service  of 
that  Army  on  which  so  often  in  the  midst  of  disheartening  struggles 
and  bloocly  agonies,  the  destiny  of  this  nation  hung:  Ninety-three 
years  ago  the  champions  of  liberty  declared  to  the  astonished  world 
the  inalienable  rights  of  man,  and  to  this  cause  pledged  their  lives, 
their  fortune,  and  their  sacred  honor.  Six  years  ago  the  thunders 
of  Gettysburg  re-echoed  the  same  great  truths,  and  renewed  the 
same  great  pledge.  To-day  the  nation  celebrates  her  victory,  and 
rejoices  in  peace;  and  we  meet  to  revive  the  associations,  perpetu¬ 
ate  the  friendships,  and  renew  the  pledges,  that  sprung  from  com- 
ip.011  service  in  this  sacred  cause. 

The  hour  which  you  so  generously  accord  me  shall  not  be  given 
to  idle  boasts  nor  invidious  comparison.  The  line  of  my  thought 
is  rather  defensive  than  aggressive,  and  my  intent  not  so  much  en¬ 
comium  as  exculpation.  Something  which  1  have  to  say  will  doubt¬ 
less  be  true  of  other  armies  of  the  Union,  and  in  some  degree,  per¬ 
haps,  of  all,  both  North  and  South.  But  my  theme  is  still  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  my  friends  from  other  armies  must 
pardon  me  if  I  seem  partial,  and  those  who  cannot  share  these  re¬ 
collections  must  not  greatly  blame  me  if  my  words  are  warm.  Wliat 
I  shall  feel  constrained  to  claim,  even  in  this  negative  way,  I  am 
well  aware,  will  not  by  every  one,  be  readily  admitted.  For  men 
are  so  constituted  that  what  they  but  imperfectly  understand  they 
still  make  up  their  most  violent  judgment  upon,  and  works  in  which 
they  had  no  hand  seem  easily  achieved  and  of  little  worth ;  and  it  is 
not  impossible — such  is  the  “rarity  of  human  charity  under  the 
sun,” — that  envy  and  enmity  even  should  be  the  tribute  paid  to  su¬ 
periority  of  merit  which  cannot  be  denied. 

It  is  charged  upon  us  that  our  campaigns  were  feeble,  our  battles 
indecisive,  and  even  our  victories  barren.  Whatever  of  truth  there 
may  be  in  this  does  not  lie  against  the  valor  of  the  Army,  but  rath¬ 
er  against  the  great  plan  of  operation  itself.  The  enemy  were  in 
their  own  country — and  that,  singularly  advantageous  for  defence — 
and  they  were  moreover  on  the  interior  lines.  Our  line  of  opera¬ 
tion  against  Richmond  lay  directly  across  the  course  of  the  many 
fordable  rivers  and  wild  torrents  that  flow  from  the  mountains  to 
the  sea:  and  these,  with  the  banks  and  parallel  ridges,  rising  ter¬ 
race  above  terrace,  square  across  our  advance,  made,  in  fact,  of  the 
whole  region  for  a  distance  of  more  than  one  hundred  miles,  a  con¬ 
stant  series  of  natural  fortifications — parapet  and  ditch — and  that 
on  a  colossal  scale.  Then  there  were  the  dense  forests,  with  clear¬ 
ings  here  and  there,  just  wide  enough  for  good  rifle  range,  greatly 
facilitating  the  defence;  often  so  thick  and  tangled  that  a  great 


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The  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

battle  had  to  be  fought  out  of  sight  of  its  commander,  by  divisions 
and  brigades  uncertain  of  each  other’s  fortune,  and  all,  as  it  were 
in  the  dark.  It  will  be  seen  that  in  a  country  like  that,  thinly 
settled  and  with  few  and  bad  roads,  the  party  of  the  offensive  must 
encounter  other  evils  than  those  which  directly  concern  the  fortunes 
of  arms.  It  is  not  easy  to  obtain  or  transport  supplies,  on  which, 
to  so  great  a  degree,  the  successful  movements  of  an  Army  depend. 
Taking  all  these  things  together,  every  one  will  see  that  the  task 
before  us  was  not  an  easy  one;  and  that,  in  our  rough  and  rugged 
campaigns,  we  could  neither  apply  the  maxims  or  imitate  the  ex¬ 
ample  of  the  great  European  masters  of  the  art  of  war. 

Then  too,  <ve  had  an  army  opposed  to  us,  such  as  the  Confederacy 
had  no  where  else;  an  army  reared  in  the  same  field,  growing  up 
with  us,  taught  by  the  same  experience,  trained  by  the  same  dis¬ 
cipline,  matched  and  balanced  against  us  in  weight,  and  measure, 
and  movement.  That  Army  of  Northern  Virginia — who  can  help 
looking  back  upon  them  now  with  feelings  half  fraternal?  Ragged 
and  reckless,  yet  careful  to  keep  their  bayonets  bright,  and  lines 
of  battle  well  dressed ;  reduced  to  dire  extremities  sometimes,  yet 
always  ready  for  a  tight ;  rough  and  rude,  yet  knowing  well  how  to 
make  a  field  illustrious.  Who  can  forget  them — the  brave,  bronz¬ 
ed  faces  that  looked  at  us  four  years  across  the  flaming  pit — men 
with  whom,  in  a  hundred  fierce  grapples,  we  fought  with  remorse¬ 
less  desperation  and  all  the  terrible  enginery  of  death,  till  on  the 
one  side  and  on  the  other  a  quarter  of  a  million  fell ;  and  yet  we 
pever  hated  them,  except  that  they  struck  at  the  old  flag.  Main 
force  against  main  force — there  was  good  reason  why,  when  valor 
like  that  was  exhausted,  the  sun  should  go  down  on  thousands 
dead,  but  not  one  vanquished.  The  chief  fault  found  with  us  was, 
I  believe,  that  we  did  not  “move.”  Now,  besides  what  I  have  al¬ 
ready  suggested,  there  are  several  reasons  why  it  was  not  so  very 
easy  for  us  to  do  so.  Why,  moving  did  not  constitute  for  us  the 
perfection  of  strategy  and  chief  end  of  soldiership.  The  fact  is,  as 
our  adversaries  carried  their  “defensive”  into  the  “offensive,”  we 
were  constantly  forced  to  conduct  our  “offensive’1  with  reference  to 
the  “defensive.”  We  were  to  cover  the  Capital  \  and  the  peculiar 
thing  about  it  was  that  this  Capital  was  practically  in  the  enemy’s 
territory ;  certainly  on  the  very  southern  verge  of  loyalty.  Indeed, 
we  had  to  keep  no  small  force  within  it,  and  far  to  the  rear  of  it — 
not  solely  for  defence  and  for  guarding  the  approaches,  but  to  re¬ 
strain  the  inhabitants  in  one  place  or  another  from  giving  aid  and 
comfort  to  the  enemy.  Nor  did  even  this  prevent  the  Capital  from 
being  more  than  once  cut  off  from  the  loyal  States  by  the  destruc¬ 
tion  of  its  roads  and  bridges  North,  and  by  the  battery  blockade  of 
the  South  Potomac,  not  to  speak  of  the  actual  attack  on  our  troops 
first  marching  to  its  defence,  through  a  city  which  afterwards  so 
gloriously  atoned  for  the  shame. 


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Who  does  not  remember  the  frenzy  of  solicitude — ludicrous  to 
think  of  now — with  which,  at  the  early  discussions  of  a  move,  the 
denizens  of  the  Capital  flew  to  remonstrances  and  prayers,  lest 
thereby  we  should  cease  to  cover  Washington,  and  the  ruthless 
Rebels  would  run  riot  among  their  precious  things,  and  make 
whistles  of  their  bones !  And  the  only  way  to  cover  it  seemed,  in 
the  eyes  of  those  strategists,  for  us  to  be  drawn  up  in  front  of  it, 
and  at  all  hazards  kept  well  in  sight  between  it  and  the  enemy. 
Everybody  knows  that  at  the  very  climax  of  a  critical  campaign, 
whole  corps,  whose  co  operation  was  relied  upon  for  success,  were 
suddenly  and  without  the  previous  knowledge  of  the  commanding 
general,  withdrawn,  to  dispel  some  phantom  that  threatened  Wash¬ 
ington  through  the  gaps  of  the  Blue  Ridge ;  and  nothing  was  left 
for  us,  when  our  advancing  guns  had  already  sounded  the  knell  of 
Richmond,  but  a  change  of  base,  which,  although  a  series  of  well- 
fought  fields,  became  a  by-word  and  a  reproach.  And,  indeed, 
after  any  great  battle  no  victory  could  be  pushed  up  for  fear  that 
somehow  Stonewall  Jackson  or  Stuart  would  get  round  our  flanks 
and  strike  upon  the  Capital.  This  precaution  may  have  been 
necessary :  for  in  the  great  game  we  were  playing  we  could  not  af¬ 
ford  to  exchange  queens, 

I  refer  to  this,  to  remind  the  critics  that  our  friends  behind  us 
had  quite  as  much  do  in  determining  our  campaigns  as  did  the  ene¬ 
my  before  us.  It  may  have  been  highly  complimentary  to  be  chosen 
to  stand  between  the  enemy’s  mightiest  onset  and  the  nation’s  Capi¬ 
tal  ;  but  this  proximity  was  by  no  means  calculated  to  add  to  our 
ease  or  eclat.  Especially  was  this  the  case  when,  for  a  long  time, 
no  master  mind  shaped  and  controlled  our  campaigns ;  but  plans 
were  discussed  till  they  were  well  known  to  the  enemy,  and  the 
chosen  one  was  then  entered  on  with  that  half  assent  which  begets 
half  intent.  Then  followed  all  the  evils  of  lack  of  unity,  of  concen¬ 
tration  and  of  vigorous  whole  hearted  endeavor.  It  is  the  duty  of 
a  commander,  doubtless,  to  overcome  these  evils,  or  win  spite  of 
them ;  but  how  great  a  task  is  this,  generals  of  no  less  stamp  than 
Wellington,  Eugene  and  Marlborough  knew.  Let  those  who  are 
prone  to  think  that  our  proximity  to  Washington  gave  us  an  undue 
share  of  the  public  attention,  and  that  the  defenders  of  the  Capital 
were  the  pets  and  idols  of  the  same,  be  comforted  by  the  reflection 
that  to  no  army  were  favors  more  sparingly  granted,  and  none  was 
held  more  strictly  to  the  letter  of  the  Regulations. 

Another  which  lay  against  our  much  moving  was  the  fact  that 
we  had  to  fight  when  we  moved,  which  is  not  always  the  case  with 
armies.  Moving  is  a  pleasant  thing  when  you  are  not  crowded 
with  it;  but  it  was  quite  a  different  business  to  move  when  every 
foot  of  our  advance  was  measured  with  our  dead.  Even  the  Lieu¬ 
tenant-General  found  it  not  quite  so  easy  to  keep  up  the  prestige  of 
his  onward  victories,  when  he  came  to  confront  Lee  and  the  Army 


The  Army  of  the  Potomac.  13 

of  Northern  Virginia.  Was  it  because  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
■would  not  move  ?  He  will  not  say  so.  Sheridan,  the  irresistible, 
will  not  tell  you  that,  when  he  remembers  the  Valley,  Pive  Forks 
and  Appomattox.  Yes,  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  did  not  move  at 
Malvern  Hill,  Antietam  and  Gettysburg,  except  in  ambulances  and 
on  stretchers. 

Move  ?  Let  the  entrenchments  that  reach  continuously  from 
Pennsylvania  to  Carolina  tell !  Let  the  graves  answer,  that  bridge 
with  glory  that  gulf  of  gloom. 

I  have  spoken  of  some  of  the  failings  and  shortcomings  with 
which  our  Army  has  been  charged.  Let  us  now  turn  briefly  to 
consider  it  more  nearly  ;  to  discover  what,  if  anything,  distinguished 
it  as  an  Army,  and  gave  it  a  character  peculiarly  its  own.  Organ¬ 
ized  from  the  debris  of  defeat,  and  in  presence  of  a  defiant  enemy, 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac  acquired  an  earnestness  of  soldiership,  a 
habitude,  discipline  and  confidence,  which  made  it  an  Army  of 
veterans  before  it  had  struck  a  blow,  and  gave  it  a  unity  and  iden¬ 
tity,  a  tenacity  of  life  and  constancy  of  fraternal  regard,  which  all 
its  strange  experiences,  its  great  vicissitudes  of  ill  and  good,  have 
never  for  a  moment  shaken.  For  this  spirit  of  organization,  this 
esprit  de  corps,  to  which  it  largely  owes  its  prestige,  and  we  the 
proud  companionship  of  this  day,  it  is  just  and  right  that  I 
should  ascribe  the  praise  to  that  commander  who  was  set  to  work 
the  miracle — -out  of  that  chaos  of  defeat  and  distrust,  to  evoke  order 
and  beauty,  and  power. 

It  may  be  fairly  presumed  that  the  material  was  equally  good  of 
all  our  Armies.  Other  men,  doubtless,  were  as  strong  and  true,  as 
manly  and  as  brave.  But  the  very  rigors  of  our  experience 
wrought  our  Army  into  a  peculiar  character.  Early  it  learned  to 
“  endure  hardness  as  good  soldiers.”  It  found  that  tribulation  that 
worketh  patience,  and  patience  experience,  and  experience  hope  ; 
and  the  hope,  thank  God,  “  made  not  ashamed.” 

It  is  discipline  which  is  the  soul  of  armies,  as,  indeed,  it  is  the 
soul  of  power  in  all  intelligence.  Other  things — moral  considera¬ 
tions,  impulses  of  sentiment,  and  even  natural  excitement — may 
lead  men  to  great  deeds ;  but,  taken  in  the  long  run,  and  in  all 
vicissitudes,  an  army  is  effective  in  proportion  to  its  discipline. 
Now,  it  was  precisely  in  this  that  our  Army  excelled.  Friend  and 
foe  alike  testify  to  that.  Once  grant  the  superiority  of  our  discipline 
and  there  remains  no  further  question  of  rank  and  merit  as  an 
army.  That  was  a  great  lesson,  for  which  to-day  we  have  reason 
to  thank  our  commanders ;  for  it  enters  into  our  individual  man¬ 
hood,  and  may  recombine  into  other  forms  to  do  other  works  no  less 
for  the  good  of  man. 

Then,  too,  observe  that  the  Rebellion  saw  fit  to  oppose  to  us  the 


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flower  of  its  armies  and  its  best  generals  ;  and  when  that  army  sur¬ 
rendered  before  us,  the  whole  structure  of  the  Confederacy  went 
down  with  their  banners.  Not  without  aid,  indeed,  did  we  achieve 
this ;  for  we  were  so  shattered  and  depleted  by  the  unparalleled 
casualities  of  the  great  campaign,  that,  in  the  last  struggle  around 
Petersburg  and  Pichmond,  other  armies  stood  shoulder  to  shoulder 
with  us,  with  whom  we  gladly  and  gratefully  share  the  glory. 
There  was  also  in  our  Army  a  high  degree  of  intelligence  and  in¬ 
dependence  of  judgment.  They  knew  wrhat  they  were  fighting  for, 
those  men,  and  were  stern  and  impartial  judges  as  to  what  was  re¬ 
quired  of  them;  obedient  to  their  commanders,  whether  through 
affection,  respect  or  discipline;  ready  to  greet  to-night,  with  all  the 
old  loyalty }  McClellan,  the  magic  name ;  Burnside,  the  mag¬ 
nanimous  ;  Hooker,  the  chivalrous;  Meade,  the  victorious.  Nor 
do  they  forget  to-night  those  officers,  once  the  f  .vorites  of  fortune, 
•whom  misunderstanding,  impatience  or  jealousy  has  stricken  from 
our  rolls.  Pardon  me,  comrades,  if  I  venture  here  to  express  the 
hope,  knowing  all  the  pains  and  penalties  of  so  doing,  that  tardy 
justice  (if  that  can  be  called  justice  which  is  tardy),  may  be  done  to 
officers  whose  character  and  services  in  behalf  of  the  Pepublic,  de¬ 
serve  something  better  than  its  hasty  rebuke. 

Think  now  of  that  career,  unparalleled  in  experience  and  vicissi¬ 
tude,  the  campaigns  bloody,  protracted  and  indecisive ;  itself  wasted 
by  disease  and  wounds  and  death ;  with  unswerving  loyalty  and 
unconquerable  devotion,  passed  down  as  an  inheritance  to  those 
who  successively  filled  up  its  ranks ;  and  it,  alone,  of  all,  keeping 
up  heart  and  hope,  when,  from  its  very  depletions  and  disasters, 
men’s  hearts  everywhere  were  failing  them  for  fear,  and  through 
all  the  buftetings  of  fortune,  holding  steadily  on  its  way  and  fight¬ 
ing  it  out  to  the  end.  Nowhere  derelict,  whether  well  or  ill  directed 
it  did  its  best ;  and  the  victories  it  won  were  results  not  so  much  of 
strategy  and  of  grand  tactics,  but  the  prize  of  its  own  unconquer¬ 
able  heroism,  and  the  price  of  its  most  precious  blood.  Glorious 
manhood,  alike  in  triumph  and  disaster ;  worthy  always  to  be 
crowned — wdiere  not  with  the  victor’s,  then  with  the  martyr’s  palm. 

Deeds  like  these  cannot  perish  from  the  earth  ;  they  live  in 
spirit  and  speak  to  the  hearts  of  after  peoples  and  after  ages — noble 
example  of  what  man  will  do  for  man.  \res,  this  youthful  valor  of 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac  shall  become  part  and  parcel  of  the 
nation’s  character,  no  less  than  the  proudest  blazonry  on  the 
escutcheon  of  her  fame. 

God  be  praised  that  in  the  justice  of  his  ways,  this  same  much- 
suffering  old  Army — scoffed  at  for  not  moving,  but  never,  that  I 
have  heard,  for  not  dying  enough — should  be  the  chosen  one  to 
push  the  Bebellion  to  its  last  field,  and  to  see  its  proudest  ensigns 
at  its  feet.  'Wonderful  old  Army!  Whose  casualties  were  such 
that  decimation  were  five  times  too  tame  a  word  to  tell  its  losses 


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The  Army  of  the  Potomac . 


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and  whose  deeds  were  such  that  its  victories  should  have  counted 
even  with  its  fields.  So,  often  after  a  three  days’  battle,  held  back 
from  following  up  the  victory  it  had  won,  because  it  was  the  Armv 
of  the  Potomac,  and  must  not  uncover  Washington.  So  often,  for 
this  same  sake,  forced  to  run  a  neck-and-neck  race  with  the 
Rebels — ludicrous  to  the  looker-on,  but  agonizing  to  the  actors  in 
it — along  the  bases  of  the  Blue  Ridge,  or  across  the  plains  of 
Manassas.  So  manv  times  withdrawn  bv  night  from  a  front  they  had 
fought  all  day  to  win,  holding  the  bitterness  of  their  hearts  un¬ 
uttered  as  they  trod  reverently  in  the  darkness  among  the  pale 
upturned  faces  of  their  dead  that  had  died  in  vain ;  so  many  times 
crossing  rivers  in  face  and  spite  of  the  foe — a  thing  thitherto  rare 
in  warfare — and  having  made  the  heights  beyond  immortal  with 
their  blood,  hastily  re-cross :  for  no  failure  or  fault  of  theirs,  yet 
bearing  the  blame  and  the  shame.  An  army  sometimes  changing 
its  base,  and  often  its  commanders,  but  never  its  loyalty,  its  high 
resolve,  its  generous  devotion  !  And  in  triumph,  too,  obedient  still, 
which  is  more  difficult ;  masters  of  their  enemies,  masters  of  them¬ 
selves,  which  is  more  noble.  No  sacked  cities  cried  out  against 
them  from  their  ashes ;  no  violated  innocence,  no  desecrated  sanctity, 
no  outraged  defencelessness,  no  needless  seizure,  nor  wanton  waste 
accuses  their  honor  ;  but  they  bore  themselves  always  as  those  that 
had  mothers  and  sisters  at  home,  and  reverenced  God.  Men  whose 
chivalry  scorned  to  do  dishonor,  no  less  than  to  suffer  it.  And 
when  its  work  was  done  it  mustered  once  more  on  the  banks  of  the 
Potomac,  not  as  Crnsar  with  his  victorious  legions  paused  on  the 
brink  of  the  Rubicon  to  brace  his  resolution  to  seize  the  liberties  of 
his  country;  but  to  return  to  a  delivered  nation  her  standards, 
dimmed  and  torn,  but  bright  and  broad  in  newness  and  wholeness 
of  meaning — to  lay  down  their  arms  at  the  feet  of  the  constitution¬ 
al  authority,  with  as  much  respect,  as  much  sincerity,  as  much  hu¬ 
mility  as  they  had  seen  in  the  hostile  host  that  laid  at  their  feet  the 
arms  and  colors  of  its  cause.  Self-denying  old  Army !  Schooled 
in  the  passive  virtues  no  less  than  in  the  active — disciplined  in  pa¬ 
tience,  fortitude,  self  control — the  highest  lesson  of  this  life — cheer¬ 
ful  readiness  to  try  again,  when  it  had  little  reason  to  hope  that  any 
proper  results  would  flow  from  its  best  endeavor.  Dear  old  Army! 
Its  tents  are  struck,  its  fires  are  dead — folded  the  banners  that 
lighted  its  swelling  way — silent  the  bugles  that  beckoned  to  fame 
across  death’s  abysses — vanished  the  embattled  hosts  that  shone  in 
the  morning  sun — -scattered  the  friendly  band,  that  shoulder  to 
shoulder  stormed  the  gates  of  glory  ! 

But  though  sometimes  the  heart  will  yearn  for  the  stirring  duties 
and  high  companionship  of  the  field,  yet  when  I  think  of  all  the 
noble  spirits  “passed  in  battle  and  in  storm,”  and  how  the  lonely 
rivers  are  still  flowing  on  to  night,  as  they  did  when  those  restless 
eyes  gazed  across  their  sullen  waters  into  the  infinite  of  manly, 


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glorious  achievement,  heeding  not  how  many  hearts  are  still,  which 
then  beat  stronger  than  their  tide,  I  thank  God  that  no  bugle  at 
to  morrow’s  dawn  shall  wake  us  to  a  reveille  of  blood.  So  they 
sleep — by  thousands  and  tens  of  thousands —  and  the  message  that 
was  wont  to  fall  from  flippant  or  taunting  lips,  conies  hushed  to 
deepest  mushi  now,  “  All  quiet  on  the  Potomac." 

There  is  a  beautiful  belief,  that  within  the  mortal  body  there  ex¬ 
ists  another  spiritual;  which,  enwrapping  the  subtle  essence  of  be¬ 
ing,  preserves  our  real  identity — dimmed  and  veiled  to  mortal  view, 
but  clear  and  palpable  in  the  realm  of  soul.  So,  as  I  gaze  with 
swelling  spirit,  this  living  and  firm  array  melts  into  the  vision  of 
that  other  army,  which  was  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  ;  rising  like 
the  mists  that  once  enfolded  us  there,  on  the  banks  of  the  Potomac, 
Rappahannock,  Chickahominy,  and  James — its  right  upon  the 
heights  of  Gettysburg,  and  its  left  upon  the  slopes  that  amphitheatre 
the  Appomattox — marshalled  as  for  the  roll-call  of  the  last  great 
morning.  And  I  hear  a  voice  as  of  mighty  redeemed  nations, 
sounding  down  the  coming  years,  “  This  is  the  Army  of  Liberty  for¬ 
evermore.” 

So  it  rises  and  stands  before  me — the  glorious  pageant ;  the  ranks 
all  full — you  the  living,  they  the  immortal — swelling  together  the 
roll  of  honor :  that  great  company  of  heroic  souls,  that  wrere  and 
are  the  Army  of  the  Potomac!  Let  me  borrow  the  prophet’s  tongue 
rapt  with  celestial  vision  :  “  These  are  the  living  creatures  that  I 
saw  under  the  God  of  Israel,  by  the  river  of  Chebar,  and  the  like¬ 
ness  of  their  faces  were  the  same  faces  which  I  saw  by  the  river; 
and  they  went  every  one  straight  forward  !  ” 


At  the  close  of  the  oration,  General  Chamberlain  was  greeted 
with  prolonged  cheers,  and  the  Society  having  formed,  proceeded  in 
order,  headed  by  its  officers,  to  take  places  at  the  annual  banquet 
at  Delmonico’s. 

The  'large  hall  and  tables  were  filled  to  overflowing,  and  the  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Society  occupied  the  platform  table,  assisted  by  the 
following  distinguished  officers.  On  his  right;  Admiral  Farragut, 
General  Chamberlain,  Captain  Nicholson,  U.  S.  N.,  General 
Burnside,  General  Siialer,  General  LIeintzelman,  General  Robinson, 
and  General  Hunt. 

On  his  left  General  Meade,  Governor  Fairchild,  of  Wisconsin, 
General  Wright,  General  Humphreys,  General  Newton,  General 
Ingalls,  General  Butterfield  and  General  Casey. 

The  pleasures  of  the  table  were  enlivened  by  the  finest  music ; 
and  on  the  removal  of  the  cloth,  Lieut.  Gen’l  Sheridan  announced 


The  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


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the  regular  toasts,  which  were  severally  responded  to  in  their  order 

bv  the  officers  named  as  follows : 

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1.  “  Our  Country.” — General  Fairchild,  Governor  of  Wisconsin. 

2.  “Tn  e  President  of  the  United  States.  ” — General  Chamberlain, 

Governor  of  Maine. 

8.  “The  Navy  of  the  United  States.” — Admiral  Farragut. 

4.  “The  United  States  Army.” — General  Humphreys. 

5.  “  The  Volunteer  Armies  of  the  U.  S.” — General  Burnside. 

0.  “  The  Private  Soldier.” — General  George  H.  Sharpe. 

7.  “  Our  Fallen  Comrades.” — Chaplain  N.  M.  Gaylor. 

8.  “  The  Battles  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.” — General  Meade. 

9.  “Our  Invited  Guests.” — General  Stannard. 

10.  “The  Loyal  Press.” — Colonel  W.  C.  Church. 

11.  “Sweethearts  and  Wives.” — General  McCandless. 

Other  addresses  followed :  and  without  an  incident  to  mar  the 
soldierly  freedom,  and  high  communion  of  the  occasion,  at  1 2  o’clock 
the  Lieut.  Gen’l  ordered  tattoo  to  be  beaten ;  the  Grand  Pounds 
were  made ;  the  outposts  were  relieved  ;  and  the  President,  followed 
by  his  assistants,  and  the  members  of  the  Society  at  large,  quitted 
the  banquetting  hall. 


SECOND  DAYS  PEOCEEDINGS. 

- :o: - 

The  Society  reconvened  for  the  transaction  of  business,  July  6th 
at  10  o’clock  A.  M.,  in  Steinway  Hall,  General  Sheridan  presiding 
and  proceeded  to  complete  the  election  of  officers. 

Generals  H.  E.  Davies  Jr.  and  Butterfield,  were  severally  nomin¬ 
ated  for  the  office  of  Treasurer,  the  name  of  latter  candidate  being 
withdrawn  by  his  directions  before  the  ballot.  Generals  Dickinson, 
Farnsworth  and  Tremain,  and  Col.  W.  C.  Church  of  the  Army  and 
Navy  Journal,  were  respectively  nominated  for  Corresponding 
Secretary,  and  Generals  John  H.  Bell,  and  George  H.  Sharpe  for 
Becording  Secretary. 

The  chair  having  appointed  Generals  Shaler  and  Fairchild, 
tellers,  the  ballots  were  canvassed,  whereupon  General  Davies  was 


18  Re- Union  of  the  Society  of 

reported  to  be  elected  Treasurer,  and  General  Sliarpe  Recording 
Secretary. 

There  being  no  choice  for  Corresponding  Secretary,  another  bal¬ 
lot  thereon  was  taken  ;  when  Col.  Church  was  elected. 

The  President  then  designated  the  following  Committee  to  report 
three  places,  from  which  the  Society  should  select  one  for  the  next 
annual  meeting — Generals  Gregory,  Cowden,  Fairchild,  Bowerman 
and  Gregg. 

The  Committee  having  reported  the  names  of  Boston,  Philadel¬ 
phia  and  Baltimore,  the  Society  decided  by  ballot,  to  hold  the  next 
annual  meeting  at  Philadelphia :  and  on  further  discussion,  in  re¬ 
gard  to  changing  the  time  thereof,  and  after  hearing  remarks  from 
various  members  in  favor  of  July  4th,  April  9th,  May  Blst,  Sep¬ 
tember  17th,  and  October  19tli,  a  ballot  was  taken,  and  April  9th 
was  selected. 

The  Executive  Committee  named  at  the  preliminary  meeting 
brought  before  the  Society  two  devices,  for  a  badge  or  decoration 
to  be  worn  by  members,  with  a  recommendation  in  favor  of  the  one 
made  by  Mr.  Kritzmar  of  Philadelphia.  The  two  designs  were  ex¬ 
hibited  for  the  inspection  of  the  members,  and  on  submission  to  a 
vote,  a  decision  was  made,  adopting  the  badge  recommended  by  the 
Committee,  as  the  decoration  of  the  Society. 

The  following  is  the  design  adopted : 


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General  Pleasonton  moved  tlie  following  Resolution,  which  was 
adopted. 

Resolved.  That  Mr.  Batchelder  be  tendered  the  thanks  of  this 
Society,  for  the  beautiful  and  spirited  picture  of  the  battle  of  Gettys¬ 
burg,  displayed  by  him  in  Steinway  Hall  during  the  meeting  of 
the  Society. 

On  further  motion  of  General  Pleasonton,  it  was  also 

Resolved. — That  the  Treasurer  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  to 
pay  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  provisional  Executive  Committee, 
in  the  preliminary  steps  taken  to  promote  the  organization  of  this 
Society,  and  that  the  Treasurer  of  the  provisional  Executive  Com¬ 
mittee  turn  over  the  funds  now  in  his  hands,  to  the  Treasurer  of 
this  Society. 

The  following  auditing  Committee  was  appointed  to  examine  the 
accounts  of  the  provisional  Treasurer,  viz :  Col.  Howell,  General 
Underwood,  and  General  Heintzelman. 

On  motion  of  Col.  Fairman,  it  was 

Resolved. — That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  secure  a  permanent 
depository,  for  the  records  and  memorials  of  the  Army  of  the  Poto¬ 
mac,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  provided  the  same  can  be  done  with¬ 
out  expense  to  this  Association;  and  the  President  named  as  such 
Committee,  Generals  Butterfield,  Wright,  and  Shaler,  and  Col. 
F  airman. 

On  motion  of  Gen’l.  Joseph  C.  Pinckney,  the  Executive  Commit¬ 
tee  was  ordered  to  enquire  into  the  expediency  of  procuring  an  Act 
of  incorporation  for  this  Society. 

The  Secretary  then  read  an  eloquent  letter  from  officers  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac  in  the  West,  who,  being  unable  to  attend  this 
meeting  had  convened  in  St  Louis,  and  took  this  form  of  sending 
their  soldierly  greetings  to  their  old  comrades  in  arms.  The  com¬ 
munication  was  striking  in  matter  and  form,  and  elicited  warm 
expressions  of  admiration  and  applause,  and  the  Corresponding 
Secretary  was  directed  to  make  a  fitting  response  thereto. 

A  proposition  having  been  brought  forward,  to  make  certain 
honorary  Presidents  of  the  Association,  the  same  was  decided  by 
the  Chair  not  to  be  in  order. 

On  motion  of  Col.  Johnson,  it  was 

Resolved. — That  this  Association  deeply  sympathizes  with  the  be¬ 
reaved  widows  and  orphans  of  those  who  died,  during  the  late  re¬ 
bellion  in  defence  of  our  Flag:  and  that  we  bear  kind  remember- 
ances  to  those  of  our  late  comrades  in  arms,  who  are  unable  to 
meet  with  us  on  this  occasion. 

Thanks  were  presented  to  the  Treasurer  and  management  of 
Wallack’s  Theatre,  for  the  courtesy  and  generosity  with  which  the 
hospitalities  of  that  house,  were  extended  to  the  members  of  the 
Society  on  the  previous  evening. 

There  being  no  further  business  before  the  Association,  with 
many  expressions  of  love  for  the  old  Army,  and  of  warm  congratula- 


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Re-Union  of  the  Society  of 


tions  at  the  success  of  the  first  annual  Re-Union,  the  Society  with 
great  harmony  and  good  feeling,  adjourned  sine  die. 

P.  H.  SHERIDAN, 

Lieut.  General ,  U.  S.  A. 

President. 


George  H.  Sharpe, 

Brevet  Major  General ,  U.  S.  Y. 

Recording  Secretary, 


Kingston,  N.  Y. 


Subsequent  to  the  adjournment  of  the  first  annual  meeting,  the 
President,  Lieutenant  General  Sheridan,  appointed  the  following 
Executive  Committee  : 

General  Staff — -Brevet  Major  General  Rufus  Ingalls,  New  York. 

Cavalry  Corps — Lieutenant-Colonel  S.  B.  W.  Mitchell,  Philadel¬ 
phia,  Pa. 

Artillery  Corps — Brevet  Brigadier-General  C.  S.  Wain wright, 
Rhinebeck,  N.  Y. 

Eiist  Corps — Brevet  Major-General  Robinson,  Binghampton,  N.  Y. 

Second  Corps — Brevet  Major-General  A.  S.  Webb,  Tarrytown, 
N.  Y. 

Third  Corps — Brevet  Major-General  G.  S.  Mott,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Fourth  Corps — Colonel  W.  H.  H.  Davis,  Doylestown,  Pa. 

Fifth  Corps — Brigadier-General  Gregory,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Sixth  Corps — Major-General  Alex.  Shaler,  New  York. 

Ninth  Corps — Brevet  Major-General  R.  B.  Potter,  New  York. 

Eleventh  Corps — Major  General  Geary,  Harrisburg,  Pa, 

Twelfth  Corps — -Major  General  H.  W.  Slocum,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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CONSTITUTION 

OF  THE 

dwiefg  of  the  Jltmg  of  the  ftotomac. 

AS  ADOPTED  AT  THE  MEETING  OF  THE  SOCIETY, 

Held  at  Steinway  Hath  Neio  York ,  Monday ,  July  5th  and  5th,  1869. 


AETICLE  I. 

Sec.  1. — *This  Association  shall  be  known  by  the  name  and  title 
of  “The  Society  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,”  and  shall  include 
every  officer  and  enlisted  man,  who  has  at  any  time  served  with 
honor  in  that  Army,  and  been  honorably  discharged  therefrom,  or 
remains  in  service  in  the  Eegular  Army,  who  shall  have  given  his 
assent  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Society,  and  paid  his 
initiation  fee. 

Sec.  2. — Honorary  members  may  from  time  to  time,  be  elected 
from  those  who  have  served  with  distinction  in  any  of  the  other 
Armies,  or  in  the  Navy  of  the  United  States. 

AETICLE.  II. 

The  objects  of  this  Society  shall  be,  to  cherish  the  memories  and 
associations  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  to  strengthen  the  ties  of 
fraternal  fellowship  and  sympathy  formed  from  companionship  in  that 
Army;  to  perpetuate  the  name  and  fame  of  those  who  have  fallen 
either  on  the  field  of  battle,  or  in  the  line  of  duty  with  that  Army, 
to  collect  and  preserve  the  record  of  its  great  achievements,  its  num¬ 
erous  and  well  contested  battles,  its  campaigns,  marches  and  skir¬ 
mishes. 


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Re-TJnion  of  the  Society  of 


ARTICLE  III. 

Sec.  1. — The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  consist  of  a  Pres¬ 
ident,  one  Vice-President,  from  each  of  the  following  named  eorps- 
viz  :  1st,  2nd,  3rd,  4th,  5th,  6th,  9th,  11th,  12th,  Cavalry,  Artillery 
and  one  from  the  General  Staff,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  a  Recor¬ 
ding  Secretary,  and  a  Treasurer. 

Sec.  2. — These  officers  shall  be  elected  at  each  annual  meeting, 
for  the  ensuing  year.  The  President,  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Recording  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot,  by  a 
majority  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the  Society  present.  No  de¬ 
bate  upon  the  merits  of  the  candidates  shall  be  in  order. 

The  Vice-President  shall  be  chosen  by  the  members  of  each  corps, 
by  a  majority  vote  of  the  members  of  the  respective  corps  present. 

Sec.  3. — The  Society  shall  meet  annually;  the  time  and  place  of 
each  succeeding  meeting  to  be  selected  by  ballot  at  every  reunion, 
All  members  of  the  Society,  who  may  be  prevented  by  any  cause 
from  personally  attending,  are  expected  to  notify  the  Correspond¬ 
ing  Secretary,  and  to  impart  such  information  in  regard  to  them¬ 
selves  as  they  may  think  proper,  and  which  may  be  of  interest  to 
their  brethren  of  the  Society. 

Sec.  4. — Having  a  fraternal  feeling  for,  and  knowing  the  glorious 
efforts  of  our  brothers  in  arms,  belonging  to  other  Armies  and  the 
Navy,  who  have  shared  with  us  the  service  of  saving  our  govern¬ 
ment,  the  President,  and  either  of  the  Vice-Presidents,  shall  be 
authorized  to  invite  the  attendance  of  any  officer  of  the  United 
States  Armies  or  Navy,  at  any  of  the  meetings. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Political,  or  any  other  discussions  foreign  to  the  purposes  of  this 
Society  as  set  forth  in  this  Constitution,  at  any  of  the  meetings,  or 
any  proceeding  of  such  a  tendency,  are  declared  inimical  to  the 
purposes  of  this  organization,  and  are  prohibited. 

ARTICLE  V. 

This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended,  at  any  regular 
meeting  of  the  Society,  provided  the  alteration  or  amendment  pro¬ 
posed,  is  submitted  in  writing,  and  filed  with  the  Recording  Secretary 


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at  least  three  months  before  the  regular  meeting  at  which  it  is 
proposed  to  present  the  same  :  and  provided  further,  that  two  thirds 
of  the  members  present  at  such  meeting,  vote  in  favor  thereof. 


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BY-LAWS. 

1.  Every  officer  and  enlisted  man,  desiring  to  become  a  member 
of  this  Society,  shall,  upon  giving  his  assent  to  the  Constitution, 
pay  to  the  Treasurer  the  sum  of  three  dollars,  as  an  initiation  fee, 
and  each  year  thereafter,  the  sum  of  three  dollars  as  annual  dues, 
and  shall  thereupon  be  entitled  to  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
Society,  when  published,  free  of  charge. 

2.  No  member  shall  be  entitled  to  vote,  who  shall  be  in  arrears. 

3.  The  diploma  of  membership,  and  the  badge  which  shall  be 
adopted  by  the  Society,  shall  be  delivered  to  each  member  on  pay¬ 
ment  of  a  fixed  sum,  sufficient  to  cover  the  cost  thereof. 

4.  The  Treasurer  shall  disburse  all  the  monies  of  the  Society, 
upon  the  order  of  the  Executive  Committee,  attested  by  the  signa¬ 
ture  of  the  Chairman,  and  shall  at  each  annual  meeting  make  a 
report  in  detail  of  his  receipts  and  disbursements. 

The  Treasurer  shall  be  required  to  give  bonds  in  the  amount  of 
ten  thousand  dollars,  to  be  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee. 

5.  When  the  place  of  the  annual  meeting  shall  be  decided  upon, 
fhe  President  shall  appoint  an  Executive  Committee  of  one  member, 
from  each  of  the  corps  enumerated  in  Article  III,  Section  1,  of  the 
Constitution  ;  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  make  all  needful  preparat 
ions,  and  arrangements  for  such  meeting.  The  Committee  thus- 
appointed,  shall  be  selected  as  far  as  practicable,  from  residents  of 
the  place  of  meeting. 

6.  No  member  of  this  Society  shall  speak  more  than  once  on  any 
subject  or  question  of  business,  and  no  longer  than  five  minutes, 
without  the  consent  of  the  Society  first  obtained. 


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Re-Union  of  the  Society  of 


7.  The  successive  Executive  Committees,  shall  in  due  season  se¬ 
lect  an  orator  from  the  members  of  the  Society,  to  deliver  an  address 
appropriate  to  the  occasion,  at  each  annual  meeting. 

8.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  cause  a  book  of  records  to  be 
kept,  exhibiting  the  address  and  occupation  of  every  member  of 
this  Society. 

9.  The  President  shall  appoint  Tellers,  for  the  elections  required 
by  the  Constitution. 

The  elections,  except  at  the  first  meeting,  shall  not  take  place 
until  after  the  address  has  been  delivered. 

Prior  to  balloting  for  the  place  for  holding  the  next  annual  meet¬ 
ing,  the  President  shall  appoint  a  Committee  of  five,  who  shall  re¬ 
port  three  places  for  the  meeting,  and  the  balloting  shall  be  confined 
to  the  places  named. 

10.  The  election  of  officers  shall  be  conducted  as  follows : 

First. — A  ballot  for  President,  to  be  continued  until  some  mem¬ 
ber  receives  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast. 

Second. — A  ballot  for  Vice-President  by  Corps. 

Third. — A  ballot  for  Corresponding  Secretary,  Recording  Secre¬ 
tary  and  Treasurer,  on  a  single  ticket,  the  balloting  to  be  continued 
until  these  officers  are  elected  by  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast. 

In  balloting  for  officers  other  than  the  Vice-Presidents,  the  votes 
shall  be  deposited  in  a  box  in  charge  of  the  tellers,  placed  in  front 
of  the  platform,  and  the  corps  shall  vote  in  succession,  in  the  order 
named  in  Article  III,  Section  1,  of  the  Constitution. 

11.  In  the  absence  of  the  President,  the  Vice-President,  senior 
in  rank  in  the  volunteer  service,  present  at  the  meeting,  shall  pre¬ 
side. 

12.  The  Recording  Secretary  must  notify  all  the  officers  of  the 
Society,  and  the  Executive  Committee,  of  any  proposed  amendment 
to  the  Constitution,  immediately  upon  receipt  thereof,  and  publish 
the  same  in  such  journals  as  the  President  may  direct. 

13.  A  full  report  of  each  meeting  shall  be  printed,  and  copies 
forwarded  to  every  member  entitled  to  receive  the  same. 


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14.  Honorary  members  may  be  elected  by  a  three-fourths  vote  of 
the  members  present,  at  any  annual  meeting. 

15.  A  majority  vote  of  all  the  members  present  at  any  regular 
meeting,  shall  be  required  to  alter  or  amend  these  By-Laws. 

16.  Cushing'smanual  of  parliamentary  Law,  shall  be  authority  for 
the  government  and  regulation  of  all  meetings  of  this  Society. 


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List  of  Members  of  the  Society  of 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS 


OF  THE 


Andrews,  George  L., 
Asch,  Meyer, 
Auchmuty,  R.  C., 
Aldrich,  H.  L., 
Andersen,  Patrick, 
Arnold,  Henry  L., 
Ammon,  Beach  C., 
Abbot,  Henry  L., 
Abbott,  Thomas, 
Alexander,  William. 
Asclie,  M.  J. 

Allen,  Henry, 

Averill,  W.  W., 

Atlee,  Abraham  S., 
Allen,  Samuel  H., 
Ames,  George  L., 
Anderson,  John, 

Ames,  George  A., 
Benyard,  W.  W.  H., 
Britt,  J.  W., 

Brown,  B.  B., 

Babcock,  O.  E. 
Bonaffon,  S., 

Burns,  M.  W., 

Burt,  M.  W., 
Bowerinan,  R.  N., 
Bullard,  Willard, 
Brownell,  F.  E., 
Batchelder,  George  A., 
Butterfield,  Daniel, 
Brewster,  William  R., 
Burnside,  Ambrose  E. 
Brackett,  Levi  Curtis, 
Bachia,  R.  N., 

Becker,  Alexander  R., 
Burke,  T.  J., 


Brevet  Colonel, 

U  U 

Colonel, 

Captain, 

(i 

Brevet  Colonel, 

Captain, 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Captain, 

and  Aide-de-camp, 
Surgeon  &  Brevet  Major, 
Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Brevet  Major  General, 

2d  Lieutenant, 

Captain  &  Brevet  Colonel, 
1st  Lieutenant, 


United  States  Army. 

1st  New  Jersey  Cavalry 

106th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
12th  “  “ 

136th  “  “ 

53d  Penn.  “ 

42d  N.  Y. 

1st  New  York  Cavalry. 
United  States  Army. 
17th  Conn.  Volunteers. 

1st  New  York  L’t  Art’y. 
1st  Maine  Cavalry. 
Commis’y  of  Subsistence 
57th  Mass.  Volunteers. 


Brevet  Major,  Engineers. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Brevet  Major,  1st  N.  J.  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Colonel,  22d  Mass.  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

“  Major,  74th  N.  Y. 

1st  Lieutenant,  11th  U.  S.  Infantry. 

Colonel,  22d  Mass.  Volunteers. 

Major  General, 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Major  General, 

Brevet  Major  &  A.  D.  C. 

Colonel, 

Acting  Assistant  Surgeon, 

Brevet  Colonel,  164th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


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27 


Book,  George  H., 
Bates,  Robert  F., 
Barber,  Merritt, 
Beare,  John  W., 
Browning,  George  L., 
Benson,  John  L., 
Beaumont.,  M.  H., 
Burrett,  J.  N., 
Burleigh,  John  L., 
Bendix,  John  E., 
Beattie  John, 

Butler,  J.  H., 

Bartruff,  Charles  M., 
Baird,  T.  W., 
Bancroft,  John  M  , 
Burdett,  John  S., 
Barber,  A.  P., 

Biddle,  J.  C., 

Bell,  John  H., 
Barstow,  Simon  F., 
Bigelow,  Lucius, 
Botticher,  Paul  G-, 
Brady,  John  H., 
Blake,  Asa  L., 

Brown,  Luther, 
Binkley,  Otto  H., 
Brown,  Fred’k  T. 
Boughton,  Wm.  L>., 
Barnum,  Henry  A. 
Burns,  Mich’l  W. 
Boyd,  Wm.  A., 
Beaumont,  Walter  P., 
Birdseye,  M.  B., 
Burbank,  S. 

Bingham,  Henry  H. 
Benedict,  Jas., 

Crosby,  Hiram  B., 
Clayton,  Benj.  F., 
Clark,  A.  M., 

Clark,  E.  C., 
Chamberlin,  Thomas, 
Crawford,  H.  L., 
Chamberlain,  T.  D., 
Cochran,  J.  B., 

Cutan,  Chas.  W., 
Coddington,  Clifford, 
Chester,  Stephen, 
Connor,  Selden, 
Cochrane,  John, 
Crosby,  J.  Schuyler, 
Cotier,  Richard, 
Cummins,  Francis  M., 
Carr,  Philip, 

Crandell,  Levi, 
Campbell,  Peter, 

Coit,  James  B., 

Carson,  John  H., 
Cadwalader,  Chas.  E., 


Captain, 

1st  Lieutenant  &  Adj’t, 
Captain. 


U 


82d  Penn. 

121st  “ 

10th  Verm’t  Volunteers. 
5th  N.  H. 

14th  United  States  I. 
191st  Penn.  Volunteers. 
1st  New  Jersey  Cavalry. 
56th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


1st  Lieutenant, 

Captain, 

Colonel, 

Captain, 

Colonel, 

Breve^  Brigadier  General,  18th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
Colonel,  156th  “  “ 

Captain,  32d  “  “ 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel,  14th  N.  J.  “ 

Major,  82d  N.  Y.  “ 

First  Lieutenant,  4th  Michigan  “ 

Captain, 

Captain,  2d  Penn.  Artillery. 

Colonel  and  Aide-de-camp,  Head-Quarters  A.  P. 
Major,  57tli  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Bt.  Brig.  Gen.  and  A.D.C.  Head-Quarters  A.  P. 
Sergeant,  5th  Vermont  Volunteers. 

Captain,  68th  N.  Y.  “ 

Captain,  84th  “  “ 

Private,  71st  “  “ 

Major,  110th  Ohio  “ 

Colonel,  110th  “ 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel, 


Captain, 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Colonel, 

First  Lieutenant, 
Captain, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Brevet  Brig.  Gen., 


49th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

73d  N.  Y,  Volunteers. 
62d 

3d  Mass.  Artillery. 

2d  New  York  Cavalry. 


« 


Brevet  Maj . 

Colonel, 

Brevet  Colonel, 

Brevet  Lt.  Col.  and  Surg., 

Brevet  Major, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 

Major, 

Brevet  Colonel, 

Captain, 

Major, 

Captain, 

Lieutenant  Colonel,  4 
General, 

Brigadier  General, 

Lt.  Col.  and  Aide-de-camp, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  11th  Penn.  Volunteers. 
Colonel,  124th  N.  Y. 

Captain,  69  th  “  “ 

Colonel,  125th  “  “ 

Second  Lieutenant,  14th  N.  Y.  Heavy  Artil’y 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  14th  Conn.  A7olunteers. 
First  Lieutenant,  4th  Delaware  “ 

Brevet  Lt.  Col.  A.  D.  C., 


21st  Conn.  Volunteers. 
102d  N.  Y. 

107th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
150th  Penn.  “ 

20th  Maine  Volunteers. 
7th  Maryland  “ 

10th  N.  Y. 

51st  “ 

15th  “  Engineers. 
19th  Maine  Volunteers. 


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List  of  Members  of  the  Society  of 


Coggswell,  Wm,  S., 
Cronin,  David  E., 

Carr,  Gouveneur, 
Colgate,  C.  G., 

Cronert,  Fred’k, 

Cornell,  C.  H., 

Cross,  Nelson, 

Casey,  Silas, 

Costett,  Charles, 

Clarke,  George  J., 
Cowdin,  Robert, 

Cooney,  George  W., 
Catlin,  Robert, 

Carroll,  William, 
Cartwright,  Thomas  W., 
Crosby.  J.  T., 

Carl,  Louis  A., 

Carter,  Thomas  E., 
Clark,  Gideon, 

Church,  W.  C., 

Cooper,  Poinsett, 

Clark,  Edward  P.. 
Comyn,  Charles  M., 
Cantine,  John  J., 
Cambloss,  H.  S., 
Conyngham,  Charles, 
Cooper,  Frederick, 
Chartres,  Due.  de, 
Carman,  E.  A., 

Coster,  Charles  R., 
Conrad,  A.  H., 

Comens,  William  W., 
Dickinson,  Joseph, 
Dickinson,  G.  W., 
Dwyer,  John, 

Dow,  Edwin  B., 

Dexter,  B.  F., 

Dumont,  T.  T., 

Denison,  A.  W„ 

Duryee,  Abraham, 
Demarest,  J.  H., 

Dick,  S.  B., 

Dand,  Edmund  L., 
Dunn,  James  L., 
Deemes,  James  M., 
Dickson,  J.  Newton, 
Davis,  William, 

Davis,  Jacob  M., 

Dali  wan,  AY alter  M., 
Doran,  Michael, 
Dickenson,  William, 
Dickey,  William  D., 
Dwight,  William, 
Dwight,  Charles, 

Doty,  Charles  E-, 

Dolan,  Michael, 

Davies,  Henry  E.,  Jr., 
Dayton,  Oscar  V., 


5th  Conn.  Volunteers. 

1st  N.  Y.  Mounted  Rifles. 
165th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
15th  N.  Y.  Engineers. 
2d  New  York  Cavalry. 
95th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


Lieutenant  Colonel, 

Brevet  Major, 

Colonel, 

Colonel, 

Captain, 

Captain, 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Major  General, 

Brevet  Major, 

Brevet  Captain, 

Brigadier  General, 

Captain  &  A.  C.  S. 

Captain, 

Brevet  Lieut.  Col.  &  Asst.  Surg,, 

Captain,  63d  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Major,  6th  New  York  Artillery, 

Captain,  4th  Maryland  Volunt’rs. 

Major,  157th  Penn.  “ 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  119th  “  “ 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel, 

Captain,  42d  N.  Y.  “ 

1st  Lieutenant, 

Colonel,  122d  Ohio  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Major  &  A.  D.  C.,  137th  N.  Y.  “ 


Major, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Captain  &  Aide-de-camp, 
Brevet  Brigadier  General, 
Colonel, 

First  Lieutenant, 

Captain, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 
Captain  &  A.  Q.  M., 

Major, 

Major, 

Captain, 

First  Lieutenant, 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Brevet  Major  General, 
Captain, 

Colonel, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 
Surgeon, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 
Captain, 

Colonel, 

Major, 

Brevet  Major, 

Major, 

Brevet  Major, 

Brevet  Colonel, 

Brigadier  General, 

First  Lieutenant, 
Lieutenant, 

First  Lieutenant, 

Major  General, 

Brigadier  General, 


7th  N  J.  Volunteers. 

18th  N.  J.  Volunteers. 
134th  N.  Y. 

15  th  U.  S.  Infantry. 
129th  Penn.  Volunteers. 

26th  Penn.  Volunteers. 
63d  N.  Y. 

6th  Maine  Battery. 

50th  N.  Y.  Engineers. 


8th  N.  J.  Volunteers. 

9th  Penn.  V.  Cavalry. 
143d  Penn.  Volunteers. 
111th  “ 

6th  Penn.  Cavalry. 

69th  Penn.  Volunteers. 
90th  “ 

149th  N.  Y.  “ 

69th  N.  Y.  S.  Militia, 

15th  N.  Y.  Heavy  Art’y. 


17th  Conn.  Volunteers. 
2d  U.  S.  Infantry. 


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Dewey.  George  M., 
Dwyer,  Jolm, 

Davis,  Charles  L., 

De  Peyst.er,  Frederick  J., 
Delanoy,  Thomas, 

Dodd,  Charles, 

Drake,  George  B., 
Dickson,  J.  Murray, 
Dougherty,  W.  W‘ 

Davis,  Robert, 

Defen dorf,  Wilson, 

Dost,  George  W., 

De  Trobriand,  Regis, 
Davis,  W.  H.  H., 

Dudley,  W.  W. 

Everett,  James  H., 

Kgan,  Thomas  W., 
Elliott,  Thomas, 

Edwards,  William, 
Elliott,  J.  Thomas, 
Ellmaker,  Peter  C., 
Emanuel  Lyon  L., 

Eaton,  J.  B., 

Eckles,  J.  W., 

Ellis,  Henry  A., 

Erickson,  Aaron  Jr., 
Fitzhugh,  Charles  L., 
Field,  Putnim, 
Fairbanks,  John  B., 

Fry,  William  H., 

Farrell,  Thomas  M., 
Frasier,  Barent,  Jr., 

Fisk,  Henry  C., 

Friedley,  Henry,  W., 

Fay,  J.  Augustus.  Jy., 
Franklin,  W.  B., 
Fairchild,  Lucius, 

Forbes,  Joseph, 

Franklin,  George  M., 
Farrell,  John, 
Farnsworth,  Henry  J., 
French,  Winser  B., 
Fisher,  B.  F., 

French,  Charles  O., 
Fairman  James, 

Fan  ton,  Hull, 
Farnsworth,  A„ 

Favil,  Joseph  M., 
Fi’eeman,  Charles  M., 
Farley,  Benjamin  F., 
Farnsworth,  John  G., 
Farmer,  George  E., 
Fleming,  G.  M., 

Greene,  G.  S., 

Greene,  C.  T., 

Gregory  E.  M., 

Gwyn,  James, 

Greig,  Thomas  W., 


Major,  10th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Surgeon,  69tli  •*  “ 

Captain,  10th  U.  S.  Infantry. 

Brevet  Colonel, 

First  Lieutenant, 

First  Lieutenant  &  Adj’t,  155th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Assistant  Surgeon,  93d  Penn.  Volunteers. 

First  Lieutenant  &  Adj’t, 

1st  Lt.  &  Brevet  Captain,  2d  U.  S.  Infantry. 
Captain,  6th  New  York  Artilery. 

<4 


Brevet  Major  General, 

Col.  &  Brevt.  Brig.  Gen., 
Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Brevet  Major, 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Major, 

Major, 

Brevet  Major  &  A.  C.  S., 
Colonel, 

Major, 

Capt.  &  Brevt.  Lieut.  Col. 
First  Lieutenant, 

Captain, 

First  Lieutenant, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General 


19th  Ind.  Volunteers. 
120th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

60th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
6th  N.  Y.  Cavalry. 

119th  Penn.  Volunteers. 
82d 

27t.h  N.  Y.  Battery. 

1st  Delaware  Volunteers. 
17th  U.  S.  Infantry. 

74th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


Captain, 

Brevet  Major, 

Colonel, 

Lieutenant  and  A.  D.  C. 
Captain, 

Colonel, 

Colonel, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Major  General, 

Brigadier  General, 
Brevet  Major, 

Captain, 

First  Lieutenant, 


10th  N.  Y. Volunteers. 
36th  Mass. 

16th  Penn.  Cavalry. 
15th  N.  Y.  Engineers. 
33d  N.  J.  Volunteers. 
65th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

30tli  N.  J.  Volunteers. 


43d  U.  S.  Col.  Troops. 
122d  Penn.  Volunteers. 
15th  N.  Y.  Fng'ineers. 


Brevt.  Lt.  Col.  &  A.  Q.  M., 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  77th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Private, 

Colonel,  96th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Major  &  A.  A.  G., 

Colonel,  79th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Colonel,  57th  “  “ 

Captain  &  Brevet  Major,  2d  U.  S.  Infantry. 
Private,  5th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Colonel  &  A.  Q,.  M., 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel,  6th  N.  Y.  Cavalry. 
First  Lieutenant,  21st  Penn.  Cavalry. 

Major  General, 

Brevet  Major,  United  States  Army. 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Major, 


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List  of  Members  of  the  Society  of 


Gillen,  Jacob, 

Grant,  Gabriel, 

Goodrich,  B.  F. 

Gardner,  C.  C., 

Graham,  Charles  K., 
Gaylord,  Noah  M., 
Greene,  Martin  J., 

Gale,  George  S., 

Griffith,  R  H., 

Gregg,  D.  Me.  M., 
Gibbon,  John, 

Graffam,  George  W., 
Goodale,  G.  A., 

Hazard,  John  G., 
Hugenin,  George, 
Hutchins,  Benjamin  T., 
Hubbard,  James, 
Hubbard,  C.  C., 

Harhaus,  Otto, 

Hudson,  Edward  Me  K. 
Hatch,  Maolin,  F., 
Hobbs,  Charles, 
Holbrook,  Henry  H., 
Humphreys,  Henry  H  , 
Hindekofer,  Henry  S., 
Howe,  Albion, 

Hough,  A.  Barton, 
Hamlin,  J.  E-, 

Hamlin,  Charles, 

Hogg,  David, 

Hancock,  Winfield  S., 
Hopkins,  Samuel  J. 
Hooker,  Joseph, 

Hoyt,  Thomas  J., 
Hammond,  J.  F,. 

Haight,  Edward  R., 
Hinck,  John  Henry, 
Hawes,  Gardiner  S., 
Horton,  J.  H., 

Hurst,  J.  H., 

Hauser,  Herman, 

Hasty,  J.  V.  J., 

Hastings,  George  G., 
Hunt,  Henry  J., 

Howell,  Wm,  F., 
Hamilton,  T.  B., 
Hancock,  John, 

Handy,  D.  G., 
Hendrickson,  John, 
Hofman,  Ernst  F., 
Hatfield,  Jas.  T., 
Hawkins,  Rush  C., 
Hasbrouck,  Joseph  L., 
Howard,  0.  O., 

Hyde,  T.  W., 

Hartsuff,  Geo.  S., 

Harris,  Chauncey, 
Halstead,  Geo.  B., 


Captain, 

Surgeon, 

44 


26th  Penn.  Volunteers. 
United  States  “ 
Engineers. 

27th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


Brevet  Colonel, 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Chaplain, 

Captain  and  A.  Q.  M., 

Surgeon, 

Captain, 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Major  General, 

1st  Lieutenant  &  Adjutant  5th  Maine  Volunteers. 


13th  Mass.  “ 

1st  Vermont  Cavalry. 
23d  Penn.  Volunteers. 


Sergeant, 


6th 


Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Brevet  Major,  147th  N.  Y.  Volunteers, 

Captain  &  Brevet  L.  C.,  6th  U.  S.  Cavalry. 
Colonel  and  B.  B.  General, 2d  Conn.  H.  A. 


Captain, 

Colonel, 

,  Brevet  L’t  Colonel, 
Captain, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Major, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Colonel, 


83d  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
2d  N.  Y.  Cavalry. 


2d  “ 
32d  “ 
51st  “ 


Volunteers. 

44 


150th  Penn.  “ 


Captain  &  Brevet  Major,  4th  U.  S.  Artillery. 
Captain.  50th  Engineers. 

Brigadier  General, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Captain,  42d  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Major  General, 

Colonel, 

Major  General, 

Brevt.  Lt.  Col.  &  A.  A.  G., 


Surgeon, 

First  Lieutenant, 
Sergeant, 

Brevet  Major, 
Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Captain, 


United  States  Army, 
107th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
82d 

17th  “ 

141st  Penn. 

44 

1st  N.  Y.  Cavalry. 
l£th  U-  S.  Infantry. 


44 

u 

u 


u 

44 

u 

44 


Artillery  Reserve. 
62d  N-  Y.  Voluteers. 


First  Lieutenant, 

Brevet  Colonel, 

Major  General, 

Major, 

Colonel, 

“  and  A.A.G , 

Major,  12th  Mass.  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

A.  A.  Surgeon,  Artillery  Brigade. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  6th  N-  J.  Volunteers. 
Colonel,  9th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Surgeon,  164th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Major  General, 

Brevet  Major  General,  1st  Maine  Volunteers. 

Major  General, 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel,  14th  N-  J-  Volunteers. 

“  Major, 


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Homiston,  J.  M., 
Howard,  John  B., 
Hopper,  Geo.  F., 
Hibbard,  Nathaniel  J. 
Hassinger,  David  S., 
Heintzelman,  S.  P-, 
Hicks,  John  A., 

Hall,  James  A., 
Humphreys,  A.  A., 
Humphreys,  Chas  , 
Halliday,  Frank  S., 
Heggart,  Rob’t, 

Hicks,  Geo.  A., 
Ingalls,  Rufus, 

Johnes,  G.  W., 

Johns,  Thomas  D., 
Jones,  Edward  J., 

Joy,  Tliaddeus,  M-, 
Jones,  Henry  E-, 
Jones,  Meredith,  L., 
Jourdan,  James, 
Johnson,  James. 
Jackson,  Joseph  C., 
Jackson,  Oswald, 
Kiddoo,  J.  B-, 

Kelly,  J.  W.  D., 
Kelley,  Joseph  M-, 
Kent,  Edward  H-, 
Keifer,  J.  Warren, 
King,  Horatio  C., 
Kelly,  Patrick, 
Knight,  W.  M., 
Kavanagh,  John  F- 
Keely,  E.  B.  P-, 

Knox,  E.  M., 

King,  W.  S-, 

Kerr,  H.  C., 

Keogh,  Miles  W., 
Linnard,  J.  M-, 

Locke,  F.  T,, 

Leosier,  C.  Me  K„ 

Lee,  Clement  R-, 
Lansing,  H.  S-, 

Leek,  John  W., 
Landed,  E.  A-, 

Lyon,  David, 

Latta,  James  W-, 
Loomis,  Stephen  T., 
Lyman,  Theodore, 
Loomis,  Benjamin  T., 
Lichtenstein,  Philip, 
Lancey,  S.  Herbert, 
Lynch,  William  A., 
Lyon,  Charles  H., 
Larned,  Daniel  R., 
Lansing,  E  Y., 

Lee,  J.  G.  C., 

Love,  John  J.  H., 


Brevt.  Lieutenant  Colonel 


Colonel, 

First  Lieutenant, 

Brevet  Captain, 

Major  General, 

Major, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General 
Major  General, 
Lieutenant, 

Lieutenant  Colonel- 
Brevet  Major. 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Major  and  A.  Q.  M., 
Brigadier  General, 

Major, 

Sergeant, 

Captain, 

First  Lieutenant, 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Colonel, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General 
Major  and  Aid-de-camp, 
Brevet  Brigadier  General 
Captain, 

First  Lieutenant, 

U  U 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Brevet  Colonel  &  A-  Q.  M- 
Brevet  Captain, 

Gaptain, 

Surgeon, 


10th  N.  Y,  Volunteers. 
32d  “  Volunteers. 

119th  Penn.  Volunteers, 


2d  Rhode  Island.  Vols. 
09th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


27th  N-  Y.  Battery. 
140th  “  Volunteers. 
149th  Penn.  “ 
158th  N.  Y. 

178th  Penn.  “ 


69th  Penn.  Volunteers- 
Engineers. 

110th  Ohio  “ 

99th  N-  Y. 

1st  R.  I.  Light  Artillery- 
40th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


Medical  Director, 

Captain,  109th  Penn.  “ 

Captain  and  Aid-de-camp, 

Captain  &  A.  A.  G., 

Brevt.  Brig.  Gen-  &  A.  A.  G. 

Captain,  2d  U.  S.  Cavalry. 

u  2d  Penn.  “ 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  17th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
Ghaplain,  27th  Conn.  “ 

Colonel,  l!9th  Penn.  “ 

Captain  and  Aid-de-camp, 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel, 

First  Lieutenant,  7th  Ohio  “ 

Brevt.  Lt-  Col-  &  A-  D.  C. 

Captain,  22d  Conn.  “ 

Lieutenant  Colonel,  52d  N.  Y.  • 

Major  and  Aid-de-camp, 

Colonel,  42d  •* 

Captain  and  Aid-de-camp,  15th  “  Cavalry. 

Brevt.  Lt.  Col.  &  A-  A.  G., 

Major, 


Surgeon, 


13th  N.  J  Volunteers, 


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List  of  Members  of  the  Society  of 


Lester,  Robert  J., 

Latch  ford,  Thomas, 
Lawrence  G.  M., 

Lane,  Nathaniel  P., 
Mulholland,  St.  Clair  A.. 
Myer.  A  J., 

McEntee,  Charles  S., 
Merryweather,  George, 
McParlin,  T.  A., 

Mahan,  John  W., 
McCandless,  Win., 
Mount,  J.  D.  P., 

Morgan,  B.  T., 

Merritt,  E.  A., 

Mu'  ray,  Edward, 
Mintzer,  S.  J.  W., 

Mott,  Gershon, 

Minnes,  Samuel, 
McMillan,  Charles, 

Moore,  William, 

McKee,  J.  Cooper, 
Marten,  Ben  jam  an  T., 
McFarland,  George  E., 
Morris, 

Meade  George  G., 
McQuade,  James  A., 
Morford,  Wm,  E. 
Mulligan,  A.  Hamilton. 
Morrison,  Andrew  J. 
McArthur,  Chas.  L. 
Mclvor,  James  P. 

Meyer,  Henry  C., 
McHarg,  John, 

Millard,  John  A.  Jr., 
Miller,  W.  D.  W., 
Montgomery,  Jas.  E. 
Moore,  J.  F. 

McKibbin,  G.  H. 

Michell,  R.  C., 

Murphy,  Joseph, 

Morell,  Geo.  W. 

Moseley,  N.  R. 

McMillan,  Jas.  H. 

Mason,  H.  C- 
Myers,  Russell, 

Morris,  J.  P. 

Morris,  Wm.  H. 

Mattison,  Wm.  B. 
McClellan.  Geo.  B. 
Mitchell,  S  B.  W. 
Meehan,  Wm.  F. 

Murphy,  T.  Malcolm, 
Meade,  Geo. 

McMickin,  James  A. 
Miller,  John  E. 

Murphy,  C.  J. 

Moses,  Isaac, 

Muirhead,  H.  P. 


1st  Lieut,  and  Adjutant,  140th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
1st  Lieut.  &  Acting  Q.  M„  20th  U.  S-  Infantry. 

1st  Lieut.  &  Brevt.  Lt.  Col.,  2d  N.  Y.  Mounted  R. 
Captain  and  Brevet  L.  C.,  60th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
Brevet  Major  General, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 


First  Sergeant, 


Gen.  &  Surg. 


Brvt.  Brig 
Colonel. 

Brigadier  General- 
Captain. 

Lieutenant  Colonel. 
Captain  and  Com.  Sub 


11th  U.  States  Infantry. 

9th  Mass.  Volunteers 

1  st  N.  J.  V olunteers, 
54th  N.  Y  -Volunteers. 

5th  N.  Y.  H.  Artillery. 


10th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
62d  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


Lieutenant  Colonel. 

Major  General. 

First  Lieutenant 
Lieut.  Col,  and  Surgeon. 

Captain. 

Lieutenant  Colonel. 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel.  47th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
Lieutenant  Colonel.  151st  Penn.  Volunteers. 

Major  and  A.  A.  G. 

Major  General. 

Brevet  Major  General- 
Lt.  Col.  and  A.  Q.  M. 

First  Lieutenant. 

Colonel. 

Major  and  A.  Q  M. 

Brevet  Major  General 
Captain  and  Brevet  Major.24th  N 
Captain  and  A.  Q,.  M., 

Lieutenant.  1st  N.  Y.  Heavy  Artil’y 

Brevet  Major  and  A.  D.  C. 

Major  and  A.  A.  G. 

First  Lieutenant. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General- 


127th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
3d  N.  J.  Cavalry. 

170th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
Y.  Cavalry- 


Brevet  Colonel. 
Captain. 

Major  General. 
Lieutenant  Colonel. 
Captain. 

Brevet  Major. 

Major. 

First  Lieutenant. 
Brevet  Major  General. 
Major. 


1st  Penn-  Cavalry. 

51st  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
69th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


74th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
20th  Mass.  Volunteers. 
32d  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
69th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
6th  N.  Y.  H.  Artillery 
2d  N-  Y.  Cavalry. 

Major  General. 

Brevet  Lieut.  Col.  &  Surg. 8th  Penn.  Cavalry. 
First  Lieutenant.  63d  N.  Y.  Volunteers* 

Major.  3d  N.  J.  Cavalry. 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel. 

Major. 

Lieutenant.  110th  Ohio  Volunteers. 

First  Lieutenant.  38th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Bvt.  Col.  &•  Asst.  Adjt.  Gen. 

Captain.  6th  Penn,  Cavalry. 


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Mason,  C. 

McCook,  John  James, 
Mclvibben,  C. 

Mason,  John  S. 
Mickles,  Philo.  I). 
Macdonald,  John, 
Norton,  L.  B. 
Northrup,  Theo.  F. 
Newton,  John, 

Nealis,  Wm.  F. 
Newhall,  F.  C. 

Nevin,  David  J. 
Nutting,  Josiah, 
Nickerson,  A.  H. 

Otis,  Charles  G-. 
Osborne,  Joseph  B. 
Owen,  S.  W. 

Oliphant,  S.  D. 
Osborne,  E,  S. 
O’Beirne,  James  R, 
Orr,  Robert  L. 

Oakley,  Thomas  B. 
Oliver,  Paul  A. 
O’Brien,  Lyster  M. 
Owens,  Joshua  T. 
O’Brien,  Timothy, 
Pleasonton,  Alfred, 
Porter,  Horace, 
Pruyn,  Francis, 

Paine,  Wm.  H. 
Prevost,  Charles  M. 
Parisen,  Wm.  B. 
Purdy,  E.  Sparrow, 
Pinckney,  Joseph  C. 
Parker,  John  A. 
Perkins,  Oeorge  W., 
Page,  Benjamin, 

Pratt,  C.  E., 

Peck,  George  0., 
Peirson,  Charles  FT-, 
Palmer,  Edwin, 
Powell,  Hans, 
Patterson,  John  C.  Jr., 
Pinto,  Francis  E., 
Page,  Francis, 

Parker,  George  B-, 
Popham,  Richard  M., 
Pease,  Charles  E., 
Parsons,  Theoron  E-, 
Prince,  Henry, 

Parker,  Isaac  B-, 
Pease,  Harry  E., 
Phelps,  Walter  J., 
Pierson,  Charles  L-, 
Peeples,  Samuel, 
Parke,  John  G., 

Peck,  John  J., 

Potter,  James  D-, 


Colonel.  7th  Maine  Volunteers. 

Bvt.  Lieut-  Col.  &  A.  D.  C. 

Captain.  loth  IT.  S.  Infantry. 

Maj.  A  Bvt-  Brig.  General.  15th  U-  S.  Infantry. 
Captain.  16th  N  Y.  Cavalry. 

Hospital  Steward. 

Brevet  Major- 

Captain.  2d  N.  Y.  Cavalry. 

Major  General,  Engineers. 


Sxirgeon, 
Lt.  Col.  & 
Colonel, 


Colonel, 

Surgeon, 


69th  N.  Y.  S.  M. 

A.  A.  General, 

62d  N.  Y  Volunteers. 
19thMaine  Volunteers. 
8th  Ohio  Volunteers. 

21st  N.  Y. Cavalry. 

4th  N.  J.  Volunteers. 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  3d  Penn.  Cavalry. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  8th  P.  V.  S.  C. 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  149th  Penn.  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Colonel,  61st  Penn-  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel, 

Brigadier  General, 

Captain  and  Brevet  Major, 27th  Mich.  Volunteers. 
Brigadier  General, 

Colonel,  152d  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Major  General, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Major,  7th  N.  Y  Artillery. 

Brevet  Colonel  A  A-  D-  C. 

Brevet  Major  General,  118th  Penn.  Volunteers 

Captain, 

Colonel  and  A.  A.  General, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 


3d  N.  J.  Cavalry. 

57th  Penn.  Volunteers. 
1st  N.  Y.  “ 


7tli  Conn-  Volunteers. 
43d  N.  Y. 

23d  Penn.  “ 

142d  N.  Y. 

14th  N.  J. 

U 


First  Lieutenant, 

Lieuteuant  Colonel, 

Captain, 

Brigadier  General, 

First  Lieutenant, 

Lieutenant  Colonel 
Captain, 

Surgeon, 

Major, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  32d  N.  Y. 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel, 155th  “  “ 

Surgeon, 

Adjutant,  10th  N.  J,  “ 

Brevet  Major  A  A.  A.  G., 

Brevet  Major  A  A.  A.  G., 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Brevt.  Lt.  Col.  A  A.  D.  C., 

1st  Lieutenant  A  A-  D.  C-, 

Col.  and  Brevt.  Brig.  Gen.,  22d  N.  Y.  “ 
Brevet  Brigadier  General,  39th  Mass.  “ 

First  Lieutenant,  5th  U.  States  Artillery. 

Major  General, 


Colonel, 


38th  N.  Y-  Volunteers. 


34  List  of  Members  of  the  Society  of 


Paris,  Comte  de, 
Pruyn,  Augustus, 
Perley,  John  R., 
Preston,  Noble  D., 
Quimby,  W.  M., 
Ruggles,  G-eorge  D. 
Rowan,  L.  IP. 
Robinson,  J.  0. 

Reno,  M.  A. 

Reese,  C.  B. 
Rockafeller,  H. 
Rogers,  Wm,  J. 

Reilly  Wm.  A 
Robinson,  G.  P- 
Robins,  Richard, 
Reichard,  G.  W. 
Regan,  M-  F. 

Rafferty,  i'homas, 
Russell,  Edward  K, 
Rosa,  Levi, 

Rodgers,  Harris  G. 
Rogers,  Hiram  C-, 
Rauch,  John  H., 
Rider,  Seth  B., 

Rice,  E-  J., 

Raymond,  E-  A. 

Rice,  N-  P. 

Rose,  Julius  D. 
Rittenhouse,  B-  F. 
Rutherfurd,  Allen, 
Rice,  Frank  P. 

Ruby,  Charles  N- 
Roosa,  James  F. 
Sharpe,  Jacob, 

Spear,  Samuel  P. 
Stiner,  Joseph  H. 
Smith,  Gabriel  L. 
Shaler,  Alexander, 
Staples,  Frank, 
Staples,  James  W. 
Storrow,  Samuel  A. 
Steeth ammer,  Charles, 
Sherman,  Horace  P. 
Sewell,  Janies  A. 
Sprage,  Waldo, 
Shorkley,  George 
Suydam,  Charles  C., 
Schurr,  C., 

Snelling,  F.  G., 
Sackett,  Delos  B., 
Sharpe,  George  H., 
Spear,  Percy  B  , 
Staples,  S.  C., 
Spaulding,  Ira, 
Schemerhorn,  F.  A., 
Sumner,  E.  V., 
Stanton,  D.  L., 
Stryker,  William  G., 


Captain  and  Aid-de-camp, 

Lieutenant  Colonel,  4thN  .  Y.  Cavalry. 

First  Lieutenant,  9th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Capt.  and  Brevet  Lt-  Col-,  10th  “  Cavalry. 
Brevet  Major, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

First  Lieutenant,  97th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Major  General, 

Brevet  Colonel, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 


Sergeant, 

Major, 

Colonel, 

Brevet  Captain, 
Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Major, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Major, 

Lieutenant, 

Colonel, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General. 


9tli  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
115th  Penn.  “ 

3d  Maryland  “ 

4tli  U.  S.  Infantry. 
143d  Penn.  Volunteers. 

71st  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
05th  N.  Y.  “ 

120th  N.  Y.  “ 


Surg.  A  Bvt  Lt.  Colonel, 
Captain, 

Captain, 

Capt.  and  Aide-de-Camp, 
Surgeon, 

Chaplain, 

Major, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 

First  Lieutenant, 
Principal  Musician, 

First  Lieutenant, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General. 
Col.  &.  Bvt.  Major  “ 
Major, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Brevet  Major  General, 
Lieutenant, 

Captain, 

Brevet  Major  &  A.  Surg. 
First  Lieutenant. 
Hospital  Steward, 
Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Captain, 

Captain  <0  Brevet  Colonel 
Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Captain, 

Surgeon, 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Brevet  Major  General. 
Colonel, 


5th  N.  Y.  Cavalry. 
5th  Conn.  Volunteers. 


7th  N.  J. Volunteers. 

83d  N.  Y-  Volunteers. 
1st  Mich. 

Gth  IJ.  S.  Infantry. 
124th  N.  Yr.  Volunteers. 
150th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

59th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
107th  “ 

4tli  “  Cavalry. 

78th  “  Volunteers. 

17tli  U.  S.  Infantry. 
18tli  Mass.  Volunteers. 
59th  N.  Y. 

17th  “ 

,51st  Penn.  “ 

3d  N.  J.  Cavalry. 

7th  N.  Y.  Artillery. 


Major, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General,  50th  N  Y.  Engineers. 
Captain, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General. 

Brevet  Major. 


The  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


35 


Studley,  J.  M., 
Spaulding,  Charles  F., 
Skeels,  C.  L., 

Slocum,  H.  W., 

Spinola,  F.  V., 

Smith,  Joseph  S., 

Smith,  A.  M.  C.  Jr., 
Saulsbury,  John  A., 
Strang,  lid  ward  J.. 
Sheridan,  Philip  H., 
Stanard.  George  J., 
Stiles,  B.  CreSson, 
Spangler,  Aaron, 
Stillwell,  George  W., 
Stewart,  Charles  B., 
Shrive,  William  P., 
Stewart,  Matthew, 
Stelle,  George  M-, 
Smith,  Andrew  J. 
Schuyler,  Philip, 

Tyler,  Bober t  O. 

Talbot,  S.  C- 
Tibbets,  Wm.  B. 

Tucker,  L.  N. 

Tremaine,  H.  E- 
Truesdell,  Samuel, 
Tolfey,  J.  J. 

Tompkins,  Oscar, 

Tailof,  Ivan, 

Torbert,  A-  T.  ,A- 
Thomson,  Clifford,  s 
Tower,  Lawrence, 
Tompkins,  Charles  H. 
Thomas,  H.  S. 

Tyler,  Caspar  W. 

Todd,  Louis  LI. 
Underwood,  A.  B„ 
LTpton,  Emory, 

Van  Alen,  J.  H., 
Vanderlip,  W.  L 
Varney,  George, 

Van  Houten,  AV.  B., 
Vander  Weyder,  Henry, 
Van  Wyck,  J.  H., 

Van  Biarcom,  L., 

Van  Vliet,  S., 

Wain wright,  C.  S., 
Wilbur,  B.  IL, 

Wilson,  Thomas, 
Alright,  Horatio  G., 
AVebb  Frank, 

Wands,  A.  IL, 

White,  A.  L., 

AVilliams,  H.  C-, 

AVood,  Charles  B., 

Wood,  James, 

Woods,  Anthony  S., 
Wilson,  AV.  L-, 


Captain, 

Sergeant, 

Captain  and  Aid-de-camp. 
Major  General, 

Brigadier  General. 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 


15th  Mass.  Volunteers. 
9th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


Brevet  Major, 

Major, 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Lieutenant  General, 

Major  General, 

Surgeon, 

Colonel, 

Brevet  Colonel, 


2d  N.  Y.  Cavalry. 

10th  Vermt.  Volunteers. 


110th  Ohio  Volunteers 
07th  N.  Y. 

50th  N.  Y.  Engineers, 
2d  United  States  S.  S., 
73d  FT.  Y.  Volunteers. 
8  th  “  “ 


Major, 

Captain, 

Captain. 

Colonel,  A.  A.  G. 

Captain  and  Brevet  Major.  14th  U.  S-  Infantry. 
Brevet  Major  General,  Artillery  Beserve. 
Lieutenant  Colonel, 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Brevet  Major  18th  Mass.  Volunteers. 

Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  &  A.  D.  C. 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel, Goth  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Captain, 

Major, 

Brevet  Major  General. 
Major, 

Captain, 


33  N.  J. 

4th  N.  Y.  Cavalry. 
05th  “  Volunteers. 

IstN.  Y.  Cavalry. 
7tli  Md.  Volunteers. 


Col.  &  Bvt.  Brig.  General.  1st  B.  I.  Artillery. 


1st  Penn.  Cavalry. 
141st  “  Volunteers. 
100  N.  Y. 


Colonel, 

Lieutenant  Colonel 
Second  Lieutenant, 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Brevet  Major  General, 

Brigadier  General, 

Brevet  Major, 

Colonel, 

Adjutant, 

Brevet  Major  and  A-  L).  C,G5th  “ 

Captain,  102d  “ 

Captain.  15th  N. 

Brevt-  Maj.  Gen.  &  A-  Q,.  M-, 

Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

Lieutenant  Colonel,  102d  N.  Y.  AMlunteers. 

Brevet  Brig.  Gen.  and  C.  S. 

Major  General, 

Captain,  40th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel30th  U.  S.  Infantry. 


44th  1ST.  Y.  Volunteers. 
2d  Maine  “ 

124th  N-  Y. 


J. 


Captain, 

Captain. 

Brevet  Major, 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Major, 

Adjutant, 


19th  Mo.  Volunteers. 
01st  N.  Y. 

124th  “ 

10th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
142d  Penn.  “ 


36 


Walmsley.  R.  G., 
Wells,  C.  A.,  _ 
Woodall,  Daniel, 
Wood,  Charles  S-, 
Woodward,  George, 
Wilson,  Richard  J. 
Warner,  George  W. 
Webb,  Alexander  S. 
Wright,  Edward  H. 
Wright  David  F. 
Weeks,  Henrv  A. 
Walker,  T.  W. 

Weir,  EI.  C. 
Whitehead  G.  Irvine, 
Wood,  George, 

Ward,  J.  H.  Hobart, 
Watson,  Robert  S. 
Witherell,  J.  W* 

Wr  ight,  James  A. 
Walcott,  W.  H. 
Wessells,  H.  W. 
Wagner  Henry, 
AVhittemore,  E.  M. 
Walters,  A.  H. 
Yardley,  Eldridge  T. 
Young,  Henry  F. 
Zeigler,  G.  H. 


List  of  Members. 


Captain, 

Lieutenant  Colonel, 
Brevet  Brigadier  Genera 
Brevet  Lt.  Colonel, 
Captain, 

Lieutenant. 

Major, 

Brevet  Major  General, 
Colonel  and  A.  D.  C. 
Brevet  Major, 

Colonel, 

Captain  and  Brevet  Majo 
Brovt  Lieut.  Col.  &  A.D. 
First  Lieutenant, 
Captain, 

Brigadier  General, 
Captain, 

Lieutenant  Colonel. 
First  Sergeant, 

Brevet  Colonel, 

Brigadier  General. 
Lieutenant, 

Captain, 

Captain  and  Brevet  Ma 
Major, 

Captain, 

First  Lieutenant, 


1st  N.  Y.  Volunteers, 
27th  “ 

,  1st  Del. 

66th  N.  Y.  “ 
40th  “ 

24th  N.  J.  Volunteers. 
1 70th  N.  Y. 


51st  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
12th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 

% 

1 

6th  Penn.  Cavalry. 

23d  Penn.  Volunteers. 

38th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 
82d  Penn.  Volunteers. 
1 2th  N.  Y.  Volunteers. 


11th  It.  S.  Infantry, 
17th  XL  S.  Infantry, 
jor, 118th  Penn.  Volunteers. 
4th  Del.  “ 

26th  Penn.  “ 


I 


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